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“INCREDIBLE” assessment levels are creating a “climate of fear” and driving teachers to medication, the new president of teachers’ union NASUWT said yesterday.
Dave Kitchen, an RE and PSHE teacher based in Liverpool, said that in “too many schools” so-called accountability measures were “being used as a tool to control teachers.”
On the first day of NASUWT’s annual conference in Belfast, Mr Kitchen said an increasing lack of regulation in the academy sector was having a “devastating effect” — leading to excessive salaries for heads and huge sums of cash spent on education consultants.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER