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🔍 Investigation: The government is concerned that 64 academy trusts are stockpiling cash by sitting on reserves of up to 140 per cent of their annual income buff.ly/tO1XmWm

SATs week is over. Thank you to all Year 6 educators for everything you did during the week. Tests don’t define our children. They are More Than A Score. More Than A Score x.com/MoreThanScore/…

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BREAKING: Teachers have been offered a pay rise of 4% next year, with the DfE announcing additional funding of £615 million towards the increase for schools tes.com/magazine/news/…

The govt not fully funding the teachers pay rise means schools will have to make cuts. Daniel Kebede from the National Education Union is right, education needs investment (not cuts).

A pay rise that isn’t fully funded means schools will have to meet the shortfall from already overstretched budgets, leading to cuts to vital services. The NEU will campaign to make sure government invests in education. #FundFairPay #SaveOurSchools 🔗 neu.org.uk/press-releases…

I can't stress how important I think this demo is. I think we will begin to face a similar narrative as in the States "back Biden or it's Trump", "back Starmer or..." The issue is an austerity Labour government is a sure-fire way for Farage to enter No10. The starting point

We have 4.5million children living in poverty - a record broken under a Labour govt. We have 109 children being pulled into poverty every day, due to the 2-child benefit cap. Schools, colleges and education continues to endure a crisis in funding. Be here. Cuts hurt kids.

The last Labour government spent 5.5% of GDP on education. This government are spending 4.2%. The difference is c.£20billion annually. Getting education spending back to OECD average should be a priority. If there's money for supersonic missiles then there should be money for

The number of pupils in England’s schools has fallen for the first time in over a decade as the system passes a demographic tipping point Here's what we learned from a key DfE data release this morning schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-numbers-…

📢Mental health-themed week. A series of free webinars for NEU members about mental health, covering a range of topics and providing strategies to support in the classroom. 📅9-12 June ✍️Register here 👉 bit.ly/mentalhealthJu… Sign up to access recordings for sessions.

The chancellor must deliver in today’s spending review. Daniel Kebede outlines below why reversing the long decline in teacher pay and ensuring that it is fully funded must be a priority for this government. #FundFairPay

“We need a government that funds our schools. We need a government that funds fair pay. We need better education for our children.” – Sarah Kilpatrick, NEU president. On Saturday, the National Education Union joined the People's Assembly’s demo to demand the government #StopTheCuts and invest in

It is madness to suggest rolling out a new inspection system in November whilst only letting school staff know the details in September. Imposing a new model on the profession and failing to offer adequate time to digest what is now required is simply unfair. With teacher and

🧵We are pleased the Chancellor has announced the first increase in schools’ spending power since 2019 and increased investment in school building maintenance by more than £2bn a year, but this is still a long way short of where it was in 2010.👇

£4.7bn for schools, but just 1% per-pupil funding rise, and 7 other things you need to know about the spending review schoolsweek.co.uk/spending-revie…

📅 NEU reps, save the date! The NEU national reps' conference is back – join us in Manchester on 20–21 September. Over the weekend, we’ll launch our strategy for the year ahead and focus on your role as a rep in delivering it in the workplace. Apply now 👉

The Prime Minister has told Classic FM that he wants to 'ensure that music counts' towards the curriculum. To do this, we need a fundamental overhaul of the accountability measures that have narrowed the curriculum and caused music's decline in schools. ism.org/news/prime-min…

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