See our Joint General Secretary @MaryBoustedNEU on BBC Newsnight

Please join us in raising your voice for this vital sector. 🔊 #SaveOurNurseries #FundEarlyYears Boris Johnson Rishi Sunak Department for Education HM Treasury National Education Union

Do you know any 4-year-olds? Do you think they should be formally tested in English and maths when they first start school? Watch some 4 year olds in action and sign our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/four…

The spread of vaccination, thanks to our NHS, and volunteers is having a good effect. Cases down 26% on a week ago, deaths 38%. Important to watch for new variants. As much ventilation as possible in schools Well done the science teachers who educated the vaccine scientists!

Ballot papers are on their way. If you work in Cumbria, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Gateshead, Northumberland, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, York, North Yorkshire or my very own Newcastle as an NEU Northern member then please vote! #NEU

What kind of impact does extending school days and shortening holidays have on learning? We've had a look at what some of the research says: buff.ly/3v8XvPH

This week’s news update of all things early years available here - earlyyearstoolkit.com/news - sign up to our newsletter to get the weekly update sent straight to your inbox. Thanks to Nursery World #womened #womeninleadership

One of the 10 most read stories on our website... Dictation, says Blair Minchin, is allowing pupils that would work hard to scrawl one or two lines of text in a 45-minute writing session, to produce two paragraphs of well structured writing in 10 minutes. tes.com/news/how-my-pu…

How much do you know about asexuality, and how can you be a good ally to asexual people? The team at Stonewall have produced this guide with six ways you can be an ally to asexual people 🖤🤍💜 #InternationalAsexualityDay stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/…

For those of you who couldn’t make tonight’s meeting, here is the recording of the panel and the discussion: Winning for women with @charlottecarso1 @ChevClare Amy Sarah Kilpatrick Mehreen Begg youtu.be/iSVFj6Q2tnc #NEU21 #NEUWomen

🚨National Education Union annual conference 2021 is open!🚨 Over the next three days, we will be bringing you live updates as they happen. Keep an eye on our social media platforms to get a flavour of all the speakers. 💬Join the conversation and use the hashtag #NEU21

Speaking during a debate on GCSE and A Levels, Duncan Blackie highlights how the pandemic has exposed the Govt's misguided decision to move from a system of mixed assessment with coursework to a reliance on single, high stakes exams #NEU21

"A big thank you to NEU for giving me this award. I feel really privileged and honoured. I’m very happy and grateful for the support and I feel like together, we’ve pushed each other to strive for more." Fred & Anne Jarvis award winner MR14 👉bit.ly/39LXQPe

In our second round up of NEU conference 2021, we look at the debates of Day 1, including assessment, accountability, pay and maternity rights. With special guests Phil Clarke and James McAsh. youtu.be/qNY8sbwFyBk #NEU21 #TogetherForChange

We have just finished a Zoom meeting with our local officers and reps. This term, we are taking action on workload. Visit our #ValueEducators hub and use our resources to organise a meeting in your workplace 👉 ow.ly/Sc1750GCxMT #ValueEducation

📢 Join our first 2022 virtual reps and officers meeting. 📅 6 January ⌚ 5pm Hear updates from National Education Union's #ValueEducation #ValueEducators campaign on: ✳️ Fighting for a pay rise. ✳️ Tackling workload. ✳️ Covid-19. 📝Register here.👉 ow.ly/7Pwf50Haho2

The Govt must do more to reduce Covid disruption in our schools.

✅ I support National Education Union & NASUWT calling for a pause to Ofsted inspections until after the February half term. Ofsted need to get out of the way & let schools and colleges concentrate on their work. Read more 👉 ow.ly/T64j50H7bhB