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Students celebrate at Brampton Manor Academy in London, as they receive their A-Level results
TEACHING unions called for action on low pay and high workplace stress today as staff and pupils were praised for achieving record A-level results.
Unions pointed out that teachers have been pushed to the limit over the last year, with schools and colleges left to pick up the pieces after ministers’ repeated failures during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Their calls came as hundreds of thousands of pupils received grades determined by teachers, rather than by exams, having been assessed only on what they have been able to learn during the crisis.
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
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
