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A SPRING revolt of teachers is sweeping through Britain’s schools — with unions planning a one-day summer strike and threatening to boycott all primary school tests.
National Union of Teachers (NUT) delegates voted yesterday to demand that Education Secretary Nicky Morgan cancel standard assessment tests (SATs) and the controversial baseline assessments.
The union said it would consider a boycott “at the most appropriate time” if she failed to do so.
NEU members at Woodfield School in north London are taking sustained industrial action against enforced cuts to learning support assistants’ hours and pay. MARY ADOSSIDES reports
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
