Schools
23 July 2019
The NEU union’s picket line at The John Roan School last week was still lively on the last of 20 days of strikes since May 2018.
18 July 2019
The closure of a special school in Merseyside has plunged vulnerable children into despair—and put their health at risk
16 July 2019
LGBT+ education is under attack. That was the message from a BBC Panorama programme this week.
16 July 2019
The NEU union plans to consult some of its members on whether to ballot for local boycotts of Sats tests
09 July 2019
There are just eleven weeks to go until a critical event for everyone who wants to combat climate catastrophe.
05 July 2019
The family and friends of a Muslim school student who drowned last week are set to hold a protest in Bury, Greater Manchester, on Friday.
02 July 2019
How far are we willing to go to prevent climate catastrophe?
02 July 2019
Children and workers in over 5,000 state-run primary schools across England are at risk from asbestos.
02 July 2019
Workers at The Grove Academy in Harrogate, north Yorkshire, walked out on Thursday of last week. It was the fourth strike in a fight to stop cuts that unions say will force the school to close.
02 July 2019
Teachers at two schools in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, have struck over health concerns.
02 July 2019
Strikers at Waltham Holy Cross school in Waltham Abbey, Essex, won a victory last week.
28 June 2019
Outsourcer Elysium’s scheme to close Crossley Manor school in Merseyside shows the danger of running education for profit
25 June 2019
NEU union members at Waltham Holy Cross Primary School in Waltham Abbey, Essex, began a three-day strike on Tuesday of this week.
25 June 2019
NEU union members have held their 15th day of strikes against plans to turn the school into an academy
18 June 2019
Greenwich council last week unanimously decided to hand over The John Roan School to a United Learning Trust (ULT) Multi-Academy Trust.
11 June 2019
NEU union members across England are campaigning to win a big vote in favour of boycotting the hated Sats tests in primary schools.
11 June 2019
After the inspiring school student strikes over climate catastrophe, activists in workplaces are fighting to get action off the ground this September. Sadie Robinson spoke to some of them
28 May 2019
Organisers say strikes took place in over 130 countries.
24 May 2019
Tens of thousands of school students across Britain have struck again to demand action to avert a climate catastrophe.
21 May 2019
A huge climate strike was set to sweep across the world this week as part of the latest Fridays for Future school student walkouts.