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Members of NASUWT the Teachers' Union, deliver a 'report card' outside the constituency office of First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow, January 10, 2023

Workers' Rights / 28 April 2026

Teachers take 10th day of strike action in Welsh school

28 April 2026

Education / 3 April 2026

Teachers need 26 weeks maternity leave amid ‘national scandal’ over numbers quitting the classroom, NASUWT leader says

3 April 2026

Labour First Minister of Wales Baroness Eluned Morgan (centre) with members of her cabinet and supporters at Newport Market, during the Welsh Labour Senedd campaign launch ahead of the Senedd elections in May, March 2, 2026

Welsh Elections / 30 March 2026

Unions give lukewarm reception to Welsh Labour's Senedd manifesto

30 March 2026

Workers' Rights / 30 March 2026

Three in four teachers consider leaving profession due to burnout

30 March 2026

Teachers on a NASUWT picket line outside Wellshot Primary School in Glasgow with then NASUWT general secretary Dr Patrick Roach (second right), March 1, 2023

Workers' Rights / 8 March 2026

Abergele teachers to strike after intimidation and bullying

8 March 2026

A student places a mobile phone in a box before the start of a lesson, August 15, 2024

Education / 9 February 2026

Teaching union calls for statutory school phone ban

9 February 2026

Education / 29 January 2026

New suspension rules must not force schools to do 'more with less,' unions warn

29 January 2026

Mental Health / 11 January 2026

Teaching union calls for ban on social media for under-16s

11 January 2026

Workers' Rights / 29 December 2025

Teachers to strike in 2026 if they don’t get proper pay rise, union leaders warn

29 December 2025

A school teacher looking stressed next to piles of classroom

Scotland / 7 October 2025

Scottish teachers forced into extra curricular jobs to make ends meet

7 October 2025

Healthcare / 29 September 2025

Children's education should have been No 1 priority, unions to tell Covid Inquiry

29 September 2025

Britain / 27 September 2025

Wrack attacks Labour leadership ahead of conference

27 September 2025

A view of £5, £10, £20 and £50 bank notes

TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025

Wealth taxes ‘the answer to the problem of our time,’ TUC congress moves

8 September 2025

TUC Congress 2025 / 7 September 2025

Gangs using social media to glamorise knife crime and terrorise communities, teachers union says

7 September 2025

People attending the People's Assembly Against Austerity protest in central London. Picture date: Saturday June 7, 2025

TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025

Austerity has failed — now let’s fund our future

8 September 2025

MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people

Durham Miners’ Gala 2025 / 12 July 2025

Teachers are being pushed to the brink in forgotten communities

12 July 2025

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

Social media apps displayed on a mobile phone screen

Britain / 2 May 2025

New NASUWT Scotland leader calls for 'vigilance' against far-right

2 May 2025

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally at Old Palace Yard, in Westminster, London, January 29, 2025

Britain / 28 April 2025

Unions warn teachers, councils and NHS workers may go out on strike after government says it won't fund pay rises

28 April 2025

NASUWT / 28 April 2025

Teachers' union reopens nominations for general secretary after legal challenge

28 April 2025

Matt Wrack speaks to the media, next to the Grenfell Memoria

Britain / 22 April 2025

Wrack elected as new NASUWT leader

22 April 2025

Britain / 19 April 2025

Social media influencers like Andrew Tate are fuelling misogyny in schools, say teachers

19 April 2025

A teenage girl with her head in her hands

Britain / 18 April 2025

Youth violence is now a 'public health issue of our times'

18 April 2025

Warning from NASUWT general secretary

Education / 18 April 2025

Teachers voice concern on implications of Supreme Court ruling

18 April 2025

Government urged to consider further measures

Britain / 15 April 2025

Education unions launch blistering attack on the cost of supply teachers in Wales

15 April 2025

Britain / 31 March 2025

Women teachers in Scotland facing more classroom violence than male colleagues, says union

31 March 2025

Britain / 23 March 2025

Teaching union warns against increasing levels of violence against staff in Wales

23 March 2025

Features / 22 March 2025

The problems facing young school workers

22 March 2025

MATT FLAMENCO warns of precarity of work, teacher shortages, demoralisation and curriculums filled with ‘corporate-speak’ as among the issues of concern to the education workforce today

Britain / 5 March 2025

Veteran FBU leader Matt Wrack nominated by NASUWT executive for general secretary

5 March 2025

Britain / 14 February 2025

Union slams thinktank's plans to slash teacher numbers

14 February 2025

Britain / 17 December 2024

Phillipson rules out England smacking ban

17 December 2024

Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) at a

Britain / 13 December 2024

Teaching unions call for real-terms pay cuts to be reversed

13 December 2024

Britain / 12 December 2024

Education unions raise concerns on government pay plans

12 December 2024

An anti-racism ‘Unity Over Division’ counter-protest in

TUC Racial Discrimination and Equality Conference ’24 / 4 December 2024

Workplaces are key battlegrounds to defeat far-right, unions hear

4 December 2024

Teachers on the picket line outside Oakwood School & Assessm

World / 14 November 2024

Northern Ireland teachers ballot for industrial action over pay

14 November 2024

Britain / 12 November 2024

Teaching union questions council funding for private educational service that makes little impact

12 November 2024

Britain / 8 November 2024

New school restraint guidance slammed as ‘unfit for purpose’

8 November 2024

Britain / 24 October 2024

Special educational needs system not delivering for families, NAO warns

24 October 2024

Daniel Kebede, the General Secretary Elect of the National E

Britain / 7 October 2024

Teaching unions welcome 5.5% pay rise as ‘first step’ to fixing retention crisis

7 October 2024

Britain / 1 October 2024

Majority of teachers witness children in ‘hygiene poverty,’ survey finds

1 October 2024

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, September 25, 2024

Labour Conference 2024 / 25 September 2024

Labour faces calls to drop two-child benefit cap

25 September 2024

TUC 2024 / 9 September 2024

More needs to be done to improve workplace mental health

9 September 2024

NASUWT’s latest teachers’ survey shows shockingly high levels of work-related stress, anxiety and even self-harm. Dr PATRICK ROACH calls for greater protections for educators’ wellbeing

Britain / 2 September 2024

One-word Ofsted grades to be scrapped immediately

2 September 2024

Britain / 12 August 2024

Glasgow council failing pupils, parents and teachers with staffing cuts

12 August 2024

School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school in

Britain / 16 July 2024

Education unions demand extra funding for pupils with additional learning needs

16 July 2024

Features / 17 June 2024

Why the fight to save British steel matters to teaching unions

17 June 2024

Cardiff teacher MATT FLAMENCO pledges solidarity to the Port Talbot strikers, warning that losing vital industries will blight already struggling communities and shatter the futures of the classroom’s most vulnerable children

Britain / 7 June 2024

Children's minister says Tory government will raise child allowance tax levels but does not know current benefit amount

7 June 2024

Britain / 4 June 2024

Education unions welcome Welsh government U-turn

4 June 2024

Britain / 23 April 2024

School in Wales hit by further 3-day strike

23 April 2024

Britain / 19 April 2024

Teaching unions slam ministers as survey reveals major cuts to teaching assistants

19 April 2024

Britain / 19 April 2024

Six-fold rise in teacher vacancies under Tories, TUC analysis shows

19 April 2024

Britain / 9 April 2024

Wales in brief: April 9, 2024

9 April 2024

Features / 6 April 2024

Reflections on our NASUWT conference and political campaign

6 April 2024

Sending solidarity to sister teaching union the NEU, MATT FLAMENCO sums up his union’s conference and its choices on campaigning activity and industrial action

Britain / 2 April 2024

NASUWT demands a summit to protect teachers and pupils from violence in Wales

2 April 2024

Former headteacher Nick Appleby addresses NASUWT delegates

Britain / 1 April 2024

Ofsted left me destroyed, says tearful ex-head

1 April 2024

A primary school teacher next to piles of classroom books

Britain / 1 April 2024

Teaching union launches a political campaign for a raft of revolutionary measures including a 35 hour working week

1 April 2024

A teacher and students in a classroom, September 12, 2018

Britain / 1 April 2024

Teachers tell of ordeal dealing with 70 hour weeks and a rise in parental online vigilantism

1 April 2024

School children in a classroom, November 27, 2019

Britain / 30 March 2024

Scottish government accused of ‘complete abdication of responsibility’ on school violence

30 March 2024

NASUWT conference during the president's speech

Britain / 29 March 2024

NASUWT delegates back pay restoration and 35-hour working week campaign

29 March 2024

Britain / 29 March 2024

New NASUWT president says her teacher defeated the hate of Enoch Powell

29 March 2024

Britain / 29 March 2024

Tories under pressure as second teaching union poised to announce strike intent

29 March 2024

Opinion / 29 March 2024

NASUWT conference 2024: Tory or Labour, get ready to fight

29 March 2024

MATT FLAMENCO warns his fellow young teachers that a potential Labour government will not solve all the problems facing the education sector — and there is evidence to show, once in power, they can be just as bad as the Tories

Dr Patrick Roach (second right) general secretary of Nationa

Britain / 28 March 2024

Teach union wins £14.3m in compensation payouts for school workers

28 March 2024

Britain / 21 March 2024

Teachers at two private schools in north-east England strike against fire-and-rehire plans

21 March 2024

Britain / 22 February 2024

Welsh education unions call on government to scrap school year structure changes

22 February 2024

Cairnshill Primary School in south Belfast where they have d

Britain / 9 February 2024

Government plans to repair school concrete will take years, unions warn

9 February 2024

Junior doctors on the picket line at Cardiff's University Ho

Britain / 6 February 2024

Wales in brief: February 6, 2024

6 February 2024

Teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) at a r

Britain / 5 February 2024

Teacher apprenticeships are ‘noisy distraction’ that puts standards at risk, NEU warns

5 February 2024

Britain / 30 January 2024

Teachers slam education minister for falsely suggesting Welsh schools are run by local councils

30 January 2024

Britain / 29 January 2024

Climate and health campaigners win disposable vape ban

29 January 2024

Britain / 18 January 2024

Teachers take strike action over pupil behaviour issues

18 January 2024

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan delivers a speech during

Britain / 13 December 2023

Education secretary not in charge of teachers' pay review process, teaching union warns

13 December 2023

FIGHTING BACK: Darland High School teachers on strike

Industrial / 29 November 2023

Wrexham teachers strike for second day

29 November 2023

Britain / 21 November 2023

Teaching unions condemn Welsh government's proposed cut to summer break

21 November 2023

Students use a mobile phone in an art class at Royal High Sc

Britain / 2 October 2023

Unions say Tory plans to ban mobile phones in schools are ‘unenforceable distraction’

2 October 2023

Britain / 20 September 2023

Teachers celebrate victory after strike forces Swansea Council to honour collective agreements

20 September 2023

Britain / 18 September 2023

Teachers begin industrial action to secure better pay and conditions

18 September 2023

Britain / 24 August 2023

More reliable exam system needed to avoid resits and regional disparities in results, education unions warn

24 August 2023

Britain / 23 August 2023

Attacks on teachers in Scotland growing, teaching union report finds

23 August 2023

Britain / 14 July 2023

NASUWT wins recogniton ballot at ‘Hutchie’ Grammar School

14 July 2023

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a

Britain / 13 July 2023

Education unions to ask members to accept Sunak's ‘final’ offer after PM accepts pay review body recommendations

13 July 2023

Britain / 12 July 2023

Teachers set to strike in the autumn as government yet to make decision on public-sector pay

12 July 2023

‘No teacher should expect to work in conditions damaging to their health and wellbeing. Ministers cannot continue to wring their hands and do nothing,’ NASUWT says

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan leaves 10 Downing Street,

Britain / 4 July 2023

Union leaders call on Education Secretary to publish pay review body’s recommendations ahead of strikes

4 July 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech at the opening

Britain / 25 June 2023

Unions condemn Sunak over reports of block to pay rises for public sector workers

25 June 2023

Britain / 9 June 2023

Teaching unions threaten co-ordinated strikes as they brand Government ‘disrespectful in the extreme’

9 June 2023

Hand sanitiser in a classroom at St Andrew's RC Secondary Sc

Britain / 7 June 2023

‘Generation of children’ damaged by Covid-19 impact unless government takes action, MPs and unions warn

7 June 2023

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan speaks during the formal

Britain / 25 May 2023

Education unions call on government to formally publish leaked recommendation on teachers' pay

25 May 2023

NEU, NAHT and NASUWT tell Education Secretary Gillian Keegan to ‘urgently restart’ negotiations

A primary school teacher marking a pupil's maths homework

Britain / 13 May 2023

Union complains of school staffing ‘crisis’ amid ‘persistent underfunding’

13 May 2023

Unison members (left to right) James Denny, George Binette a

Britain / 5 May 2023

Nurseries and childminders join call for Ofsted changes after charity reveals staff find inspections stressful

5 May 2023

Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi

Britain / 28 April 2023

Education unions announce plans to co-ordinate national strike

28 April 2023

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan on stage before Prime Min

Britain / 17 April 2023

Education Secretary ignores teachers' calls for Ofsted to be abolished

17 April 2023

Britain / 11 April 2023

Welsh government denies teaching recruitment and retention crisis

11 April 2023

People attend a vigil for Ruth Perry outside the offices of

Britain / 10 April 2023

Teachers call for end of Ofsted's ‘reign of terror’

10 April 2023

Britain / 10 April 2023

Teachers call for action on homophobia and rape threats

10 April 2023

Survey suggests that more than 1 in 10 teachers have been physically assaulted by a pupil in the last year

Britain / 10 April 2023

Education Secretary warned to finish job on settling teachers' pay

10 April 2023

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf during a visit to a

Britain / 10 April 2023

Yousaf urged to intervene in his former private school's ‘bully tactics’ amid fire-and-rehire row

10 April 2023

A primary school teacher next to piles of classroom book

Britain / 8 April 2023

Teachers work 54 hours a week on average, NASUWT survey finds

8 April 2023

An aerial view of terraced housing in west London

Britain / 7 April 2023

Calls to provide key worker homes discounts for teachers to be heard at NASUWT conference

7 April 2023

Britain / 7 April 2023

Teacher who suffered life-changing injuries awarded £350,000 in compensation

7 April 2023

Teachers on the picket line outside Ysgol Brynhyfryd in Ruth

Britain / 28 March 2023

Teachers begin 3-day strike over excessive workloads in Denbighshire

28 March 2023

Headteacher Flora Cooper, wearing a black armband, stands ne

Britain / 21 March 2023

Headteacher drops boycott and allows Ofsted inspection to go ahead

21 March 2023

Flora Cooper, executive headteacher at John Rankin Schools, had planned to refuse entry to inspectors following the suicide of another school leader

Britain / 17 March 2023

Tory ministers forced to agree to ‘intensive talks’ with education unions on pay and workloads

17 March 2023

NEU, NASUWT, NAHT and ASCL agree to a ‘period of calm for two weeks’ with no further strikes announced

Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) South

Britain / 10 March 2023

Teaching unions demand urgent action to address pay, conditions and dire staff shortages

10 March 2023

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan arriving in Downing Stree

Britain / 9 March 2023

Education Secretary accused of ‘squandering promise to negotiate over teachers' pay’

9 March 2023

Dr Patrick Roach general secretary of National Association o

Britain / 1 March 2023

Teaching union warns of further strikes in Scotland

1 March 2023

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) during a rally

Britain / 1 March 2023

Tens of thousands of teachers across the Midlands and eastern England strike over pay

1 March 2023

Britain / 28 February 2023

Tens of thousands of teachers launch three days of strike action as fair pay and funding battle with Tory government continues

28 February 2023

Britain / 22 February 2023

Teachers in Wales reject 8% pay offer

22 February 2023

Britain / 19 February 2023

Over half of LGBT teachers experience discrimination and abuse from pupils and parents, NASUWT finds

19 February 2023

Britain / 16 February 2023

Unions call for urgent action on school buildings at risk of collapse

16 February 2023

Striking members and supporters of the National Education Un

Britain / 15 February 2023

Teaching strikes set to continue after ‘disappointing’ pay talks with Tory ministers

15 February 2023

Protesters on a primary school teachers picket line outside

Britain / 10 January 2023

Scottish schools hit by two days of industrial action as 50,000 teachers strike over pay

10 January 2023

Britain / 10 January 2023

Parents in Scotland could be forced to keep their children at home if last-ditch talks fail to prevent strikes

10 January 2023

Teachers from the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association u

Britain / 6 January 2023

Scottish minister refuses to say if more cash can be found for teachers

6 January 2023

Britain / 7 December 2022

Teachers warn of further strikes without ‘significantly improved’ pay offer

7 December 2022

Britain / 24 November 2022

Teachers at a Glasgow school begin 12 days of industrial action over violent and abusive pupil behaviour

24 November 2022

Britain / 3 October 2022

Increasing number of Scottish kids coming to school hungry, finds survey

3 October 2022

Britain / 4 September 2022

Education ‘devastated’ by cost-of-living crisis, warns teachers' union NASUWT

4 September 2022

Postal workers from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) on

Editorial: / 30 August 2022

Hot strike summer isn’t over yet — and education staff are on their way

30 August 2022

Britain / 18 August 2022

Teaching unions congratulate students and warn that poorer students were hit harder by Covid-19

18 August 2022

Britain / 12 August 2022

Teachers union rejects ‘unacceptable’ Tory pay offer

12 August 2022

PASSING FAD? Now that the BLM moment has receded, will the l

Features / 10 August 2022

Call out racism — get called a crank

10 August 2022

ROGER McKENZIE braves the trolls to ask what the Labour Party and wider labour movement will actually do about the racism revealed in Forde and other reports

Britain / 10 July 2022

‘We're back,’ unions declare in resounding message to the bosses

10 July 2022

‘It is time for the trade union movement to be reborn,’ huge crowd at Durham Miners’ Gala hears

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi during a visit with the Pr

Britain / 28 June 2022

Zahawi’s ‘army of supply teachers’ threat ridiculed

28 June 2022

‘Do not denigrate supply teachers in the eyes of our permanent colleagues by suggesting we would help break their strike,’ National Supply Teachers Network tells the Education Secretary

Britain / 12 June 2022

Shocking levels of discrimination against LGBTI teachers unearthed by NASUWT poll

12 June 2022

File photo dated 12/09/18 of students in a lesson at school.

Britain / 10 June 2022

'Levelling up' plans to build 75 new schools are a myth, Labour says

10 June 2022

Protestors hang up paper plates carrying slogans calling for

Britain / 31 May 2022

Teaching unions push for free school meals expansion to all children from families receiving Universal Credit in England

31 May 2022

NASUWT general secretary Dr Patrick Roach addresses POA's 20

POA Conference 2022 / 18 May 2022

Public-sector workers have called for an end to ‘so-called’ independent pay review bodies

18 May 2022

It's time collective bargaining rights were returned to us, NASUWT general secretary says

NASUWT Conference 2022 / 18 April 2022

Parents & pupils’ encroaching access wants

18 April 2022

Protesters from 23 independent schools within the Girls' Day

NASUWT Conference 2022 / 18 April 2022

Remove charitable status from private schools that use fire-and-rehire policies, union head demands

18 April 2022

NASUWT Conference 2022 / 18 April 2022

Teachers call on government to set maximum limits on class sizes

18 April 2022

NASUWT Conference 2022 / 15 April 2022

Retention crisis ‘imminent’ unless teachers are given a significant pay rise

15 April 2022

NASUWT conference / 14 April 2022

The teaching profession is at breaking point

14 April 2022

The failure to provide salaries which are competitive and which reflect the immensely skilled nature of the job of teaching is triggering a teacher exodus, warns NASUWT general secretary PATRICK ROACH

Britain / 14 February 2022

Teacher welfare treated as collateral damage

14 February 2022

91% of educators report their job has adversely impacted their mental health in the last year

A message to self-isolate, with ten days of required self-is

Britain / 7 January 2022

Decision to relax self-isolation rules requires greater support for schools, Scotland's teachers urge

7 January 2022

Children wearing facemasks during a lesson at Outwood Academ

Britain / 10 October 2021

Government accused of ‘standing by while Covid cases surge’ in schools

10 October 2021

Scottish Labour slams SNP's ‘farcical and dangerous’ ventilation strategy

TUC 21 / 13 September 2021

COVID-19: NASUWT warns disadvantaged youth have experienced greatest loss and inequality

13 September 2021

Britain / 17 August 2021

Education unions call on government to improve ventilation in schools

17 August 2021

Students celebrate at Brampton Manor Academy in London, as t

Britain / 10 August 2021

Now teachers' conditions must make the grade

10 August 2021

Unions call for action on pay and stress after students achieve record A-level results

Britain / 4 August 2021

Teaching unions call for young adults to be vaccinated and safety measures to continue

4 August 2021

Britain / 23 July 2021

Pay freeze ‘hits teachers with 8 per cent pay cut since 2007’

23 July 2021

Britain / 21 June 2021

Teaching union NASUWT calls for fairer education funding in Wales

21 June 2021

Features / 28 May 2021

Why collective action is key

28 May 2021

With NASUWT members at a number of Coventry independent schools taking industrial action over restructuring plans, DEBBIE HAYTON reports on the difficulties of union organising in the private education sector

Hand sanitiser in a classroom at Outwood Academy Adwick in D

Britain / 27 May 2021

Eight education unions call on government to publish data on Covid variant data in schools

27 May 2021

S5 and S6 students during an English Literature class at St

Britain / 25 May 2021

Reforming education must be a post-Covid priority for Scotland's new Education Secretary, union says

25 May 2021

Upper sixth pupils at Wallace High School in Lisburn

Britain / 4 May 2021

Scientists and public health experts join with unions to demand Covid-19 protection in schools to continue

4 May 2021

Features / 5 April 2021

Calling time on academies: education is too important to be at the mercy of profiteers

5 April 2021

HANK ROBERTS writes that his own experience of exposing a headteacher who had misappropriated millions in school funds and then spending almost a decade trying to bring him to justice shows how inherently corrupt the academies system is

Britain / 2 April 2021

Academy boss salaries ‘verging on criminality’

2 April 2021

Britain / 2 April 2021

Teachers say pandemic has harmed their mental health

2 April 2021

Schoolchildren make their way to primary school in Leeds

Britain / 27 January 2021

‘Arbitrary’ new date for reopening schools risks more lockdowns, unions say

27 January 2021

Britain / 24 January 2021

Majority of black teachers do not feel employers have addressed their Covid-19 risks, polls find

24 January 2021

Pupils arrive at Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsford,

Britain / 4 January 2021

Bringing pupils back to class could worsen pandemic and put teachers at ‘serious risk,’ unions warn

4 January 2021

Britain / 3 January 2021

Teachers to defy Tories over school safety

3 January 2021

Britain / 31 December 2020

‘Serially incompetent’ Williamson must explain ‘shambolic’ announcement on reopening of schools

31 December 2020

Year 2 Pupils at Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsford,

Editorial / 28 December 2020

The Tory and Labour ‘back to school’ mantra is dangerous and wrong

28 December 2020

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said he would “wan

Britain / 21 December 2020

Scotland Education Secretary insists schools safe for staff and pupils, despite union warnings

21 December 2020

Britain / 20 December 2020

Teaching unions in Scotland warn government of potential dangers to staff shifting to ‘blended learning’ in January

20 December 2020

A lesson being taught at St Columba's High School in Gourock

Britain / 23 November 2020

School staff in Scotland feel unsupported at work during Covid pandemic, unions find

23 November 2020

S4 pupils at St Columba's High School in Gourock, Inverclyde

Britain / 18 November 2020

Holyrood backs continuation of opening schools during lockdown

18 November 2020

A lady walks past a stay safe sign in Guildford, Surrey, ahe

Britain / 3 November 2020

Third of employees afraid of catching virus at work, new research finds

3 November 2020

Unions call for stronger workplace Covid-19 safety

Britain / 12 October 2020

Education unions brand government's plans to make pupils sit exams next year a ‘dereliction of duty’

12 October 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in a classroom during a visit

Britain / 12 October 2020

Teaching unions call on Scottish government to review guidelines amid Covid surge

12 October 2020

Britain / 25 May 2020

Ignore ‘failed’ PM and open when safe, schools and councils urged

25 May 2020

Britain / 20 May 2020

Tory minister appears to backtrack on school return date as council revolt grows

20 May 2020

Britain / 15 May 2020

Government offers ‘nothing’ to support its plans to send kids back to school in England

15 May 2020

Britain / 11 May 2020

Teaching unions condemn Johnson's ‘reckless’ plan to reopen schools

11 May 2020

Britain / 4 March 2020

Teachers warn minorities are being racially abused as coronavirus anxiety spreads

4 March 2020

Britain / 27 September 2019

Glasgow city schools plagued by ‘appalling’ bullying culture, teaching union says

27 September 2019

TUC Congress ’19 / 9 September 2019

No teacher should have to go to work with the expectation that they will be abused

9 September 2019

Teachers cannot teach and pupils cannot learn where there is disruption and violence in school, writes CHRIS KEATES

Ozgur Bozdgan, Egitim Sen international secretary with the u

Features / 8 May 2019

Teachers in Turkey are living in fear

8 May 2019

CONRAD LANDIN talks to Ozgur Bozdgan, the international secretary of Turkish educators’ union Egitim-Sen, about how the 2018 state of emergency has had a chilling effect across the education sector

NASUWT Conference ’19 / 20 April 2019

Ministers must expose corrupt school funding practices, union leader says

20 April 2019

NASUWT Conference ’19 / 19 April 2019

Teachers ‘experience violence once a week’

19 April 2019

Union study says over half of teachers could quit over incidents at work

Features / 14 April 2019

Homophobia, smears, rape threats and death threats – all for low pay

14 April 2019

Scottish teachers are now facing unspeakable abuse for inexcusably bad wages and conditions. Enough is enough, writes CHRIS KEATES

Britain / 27 February 2019

Major unions to launch anti-fascist front this weekend

27 February 2019

Britain / 20 January 2019

Over half of BME teachers face racist abuse in Britain's schools, teaching union finds

20 January 2019

The NASUWT finds 53 per cent of all BME teachers have reported receiving verbal abuse in the past year

Britain / 31 October 2018

Teachers in Edinburgh refusing to work with violent pupils

31 October 2018

Britain / 31 October 2018

NASUWT employees vote ‘almost unanimously’ for further strikes

31 October 2018

GMB members at the union’s regional offices to walk out next week over imposed changes to their pension scheme

Britain / 12 October 2018

Strike action over pensions is a 'last resort' for NASUWT

12 October 2018

Britain / 24 July 2018

The Tories' public-sector pay rise branded a ‘mendacious’ PR stunt

24 July 2018

Labour's shadow Treasury minster accused the government of doing ‘nothing to repair the damage’ caused by the 1% pay cap

Members of the National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT mar

Editorial / 3 April 2018

Our schools are at breaking point. Teachers are right not to rule out strike action

3 April 2018

Jailed Iranian teacher and trade unionist Esmail Abdi (left)

Britain / 2 April 2018

NASUWT delegates pay tribute to jailed Iranian teacher Esmail Abdi

2 April 2018

Education / 2 April 2018

Academies blowing money on ‘vanity projects’ rather than kids' education

2 April 2018

Education / 2 April 2018

Teachers face ‘mental health pandemic’

2 April 2018

Britain / 2 April 2018

‘Rolling strikes’ on the cards unless teachers see action on pay, NASUWT conference decides

2 April 2018

Britain / 30 March 2018

Teaching suffering from 'punitive and crushing' surveillance, NASUWT president Dan McCarthy warns

30 March 2018

Britain / 30 March 2018

Teachers 'being sexually harassed by pupils'

30 March 2018

Features / 30 March 2018

NASUWT Conference will be sending a strong message to government

30 March 2018

Pay, workload and the effect of cuts on vulnerable children are high on teachers’ agenda, writes CHRIS KEATES

Britain / 15 August 2017

Scottish kids head back to schools 500 teachers short

15 August 2017

Britain / 5 July 2017

Racism rife in school system, report finds

5 July 2017

Britain / 24 May 2017

Teachers in strike deductions victory

24 May 2017

Britain / 16 May 2017

Teachers of core subjects leaving schools in droves

16 May 2017

Britain / 17 April 2017

NASUWT: Union sets a 68 limit on pension age increases

17 April 2017

Britain / 17 April 2017

NASUWT: Making traumatised kids welcome

17 April 2017

Britain / 17 April 2017

NASUWT: Agents are treating supply teachers as ‘commodities’

17 April 2017

Britain / 17 April 2017

NASUWT: Pushed to the brink of suicide by work

17 April 2017

Members report the cost of stress and illness

Britain / 14 April 2017

NASUWT: Part-time workers face discrimination

14 April 2017

Britain / 14 April 2017

NASUWT: Teachers call for solidarity

14 April 2017

Britain / 14 April 2017

NASUWT: Compensation claims soar after attacks from pupils

14 April 2017

One teacher wins over £450,000 following assault

Britain / 14 April 2017

NASUWT: Barriers put up based on parents’ ability to pay

14 April 2017

Features / 13 April 2017

Excessive workload is harming the teaching profession

13 April 2017

Increased pressure and long working hours in education are damaging to both teachers and pupils, says CHRIS KEATES

Britain / 13 April 2017

NASUWT: Kids of four suffer school panic attacks

13 April 2017

Teachers having to deal with depression and anxiety problems

Britain / 13 April 2017

Teachers hit by torrent of online abuse from parents

13 April 2017

Britain / 30 March 2017

Unions: Sats plans ‘need improvement’

30 March 2017

Britain / 29 March 2017

MPs warn school crisis is looming

29 March 2017

Britain / 28 February 2017

Poor children’s progress held back by ‘class ceiling’

28 February 2017

Britain / 20 February 2017

Schools lose billions as staff work for free

20 February 2017

Future of education threatened, warn workers

Britain / 17 February 2017

Teacher numbers at crisis point – pay gap hits record level

17 February 2017

Britain / 26 January 2017

Over half of teachers still waiting for 1 per cent rise

26 January 2017

Britain / 4 December 2016

Schools ‘slacking in anti-racist fight’

4 December 2016

Britain / 18 November 2016

Music cash ‘a plaster on a gaping wound’

18 November 2016

Unions warn £300m won’t change leage table-driven culture

Britain / 16 October 2016

Overworked and fed up

16 October 2016

One in five women teachers’ top priority is to quit

Britain / 10 October 2016

Many teachers in England working 60-hour weeks

10 October 2016

Britain / 24 August 2016

GCSE revamp ‘incoherent,’ teaching union warns

24 August 2016

Britain / 18 August 2016

TOP MARKS BUT CAN YOU AFFORD UNI?

18 August 2016

While A-level students celebrate results, undergrads ponder a lifetime of debt

Britain / 1 August 2016

Scots schools fail to tackle racism, union study finds

1 August 2016

Britain / 13 April 2016

Tory cuts ‘will force teachers out’

13 April 2016

Britain / 28 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Tories ‘not tackling the real issues in education’

28 March 2016

Labour’s Powell lays into Morgan’s ‘top-down academisation drive’

Britain / 28 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Supply teachers need to organise to beat agencies

28 March 2016

Britain / 28 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: ‘Vulnerable’ targeted by capability procedures

28 March 2016

Britain / 28 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Immigrant salary bar makes recruitment crisis worse

28 March 2016

Britain / 27 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Morgan ‘flexes muscles’ rather than engage

27 March 2016

Britain / 27 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Teachers’ pension age is ‘unacceptably high’

27 March 2016

Britain / 27 March 2016

NASUWT conference: Supply teachers denied their full workers’ rights

27 March 2016

Features / 25 March 2016

Principles of public education under threat

25 March 2016

Teachers will share their pressing concerns on the challenges facing our public education system across the country, writes CHRIS KEATES

Britain / 25 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Cash for disadvantaged kids lost in ‘free-for-all’

25 March 2016

Britain / 25 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Teachers ‘on brink of drugs and self-harm’

25 March 2016

Stress levels at an all-time high, survey finds

Britain / 25 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: New president comes out fighting for teachers’ voices

25 March 2016

Britain / 25 March 2016

NASUWT Conference: Union won £16m for its members over last year

25 March 2016

Britain / 17 March 2016

Parents won’t have place in academies

17 March 2016

Britain / 26 January 2016

Ofsted head blasted on covers

26 January 2016

Britain / 22 January 2016

Teacher died of asbestos poisoning

22 January 2016

Court blames exposure for death of retiree Elizabeth Belt

Britain / 11 January 2016

Tories’ 1% pay cap ‘to blame for schools recruitment crisis’

11 January 2016

Britain / 14 December 2015

Schools blow £1.3bn a year on use of supply teachers

14 December 2015

Britain / 29 November 2015

70% of BME teachers ‘failed by profession’

29 November 2015

Britain / 2 November 2015

Teachers walk out over managers

2 November 2015

Britain / 7 October 2015

Cameron’s Big Affordable Homes Con

7 October 2015

PM‘s promised ‘affordable’ homes will cost up to £450,000

Britain / 20 September 2015

Supply teachers ‘will rally behind striking colleagues’

20 September 2015

Britain / 14 September 2015

TUC 2015: Prevent strategy will destroy teacher and pupil relations

14 September 2015

Britain / 25 August 2015

Think tank given an F for poor grade fines idea

25 August 2015

Britain / 26 July 2015

NASUWT’s Roach re-elected to world federation post

26 July 2015

Britain / 12 July 2015

We’ll fight for our class the way they fight for theirs

12 July 2015

Biggest Durham Miners’ Gala in half a century ready to stand up to the Tories

Britain / 6 April 2015

Teachers stage protest for jailed trade unionist

6 April 2015

NASUWT calls for release of Bahraini Mahdi Abu Dheeb

Britain / 6 April 2015

Special needs kids denied education

6 April 2015

Britain / 6 April 2015

67% suffer from mental health problems

6 April 2015

Britain / 5 April 2015

Tories ‘will turn schools into big business’

5 April 2015

Hunt warns Cameron sees profit in education

Britain / 5 April 2015

Cuts to pay have left teachers ashamed of job

5 April 2015

Britain / 5 April 2015

TAX CON TARGETS SUPPLY TEACHERS

5 April 2015

‘Urgent action’ needed to ensure fair pay and end tax and salary rip-off

Features / 3 April 2015

End this savage and callous coalition on May

3 April 2015

Teachers and other public-sector workers have been hammered by this government – it’s time to give it the boot, writes CHRIS KEATES

Britain / 3 April 2015

Banned union: ‘We will fight on until victory is ours’

3 April 2015

Britain / 3 April 2015

‘Kids’ basic right to a qualified teacher stolen by Tories’

3 April 2015

Britain / 3 April 2015

Teachers stand up for good schools

3 April 2015

Cash crisis and redundancies prompt call for strikes

Features / 1 April 2015

INSIDE THE GRUELLING WORLD OF A TEACHER

1 April 2015

WENDY EXTON describes how a regime of constant inspections is pushing teachers to the brink

Britain / 26 March 2015

‘Disgrace’ Morgan snubs teachers

26 March 2015

Britain / 17 March 2015

Botched reports into trojan horse schools ‘a waste’

17 March 2015

Britain / 10 February 2015

Parents pay £600 to ‘top up’ kids’ education after cuts

10 February 2015

Britain / 6 February 2015

Teacher workload proposals ignore hated Ofsted

6 February 2015

Britain / 29 January 2015

Parents rattled by latest league table shake-up

29 January 2015

Britain / 17 November 2014

NASUWT tells schools to up the ante on gender equality

17 November 2014

Quality and equality two sides of the same coin, says teaching union

Britain / 12 October 2014

Women teachers ‘denied their pay and conditions’

12 October 2014

Britain / 15 June 2014

Disabled teachers: Con-Dems creating environment for discrimination, says NASUWT leader

15 June 2014

Disabled teachers’ careers “blighted” by Con-Dem coalition, teaching union NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates says

Britain / 4 June 2014

Ideological assault on state education shows no let-up

4 June 2014

Britain / 3 June 2014

NASUWT general secretary re-elected unopposed

3 June 2014

Britain / 15 May 2014

NASUWT demands binding national pay and conditions

15 May 2014

Britain / 14 May 2014

Academy chain Ark teachers stage latest strike against takeover

14 May 2014

Britain / 30 April 2014

Michael Gove under fire for 'Kafkaesque' school reforms

30 April 2014

Britain / 20 April 2014

Teaching unions set for summer strikes showdown over Education Secretary Michael Gove’s privatisation policies

20 April 2014

NUT poised to back action after NASUWT agrees walkout mandate

Britain / 20 April 2014

Tristram Hunt: Birmingham school takeover claims ‘expose Michael Gove policy chaos’

20 April 2014

NASUWT Conference: Shadow education secretary says allegations highlight failed centralisation bid

Britain / 20 April 2014

School bosses’ excessive checks ‘drove teacher toward suicide’

20 April 2014

NASUWT Conference: Poignant speech points out price of growing culture of checks and monitoring

Britain / 20 April 2014

NASUWT Conference: Co-op ownership ‘offers alternative model to academies’

20 April 2014

Britain / 18 April 2014

Government 'failing to tackle inequality in schools'

18 April 2014

NASUWT president Geoff Branner addresses annual conference

Features / 18 April 2014

Stop the betrayal of another generation

18 April 2014

Now is the time to call for politicians to commit to a public education service which is democratically accountable and secures equality and social justice as a universal entitlement, writes CHRIS KEATES

Britain / 18 April 2014

Stop using unqualified teachers, NASUWT tells government

18 April 2014

Survey finds teaching, planning and grading by unqualified staff on the rise in nearly two-thirds of schools

Britain / 4 April 2014

Wales teachers' wages: Devolution 'only way' to save national rates in face of Gove onslaught

4 April 2014

Teachers' union Ucac president calls for national wage-setting powers to fall to Cardiff as Gove plans to let headteachers set pay

Britain / 31 March 2014

Teachers' union warns Michael Gove: Expect more strikes

31 March 2014

Education Secretary 'failed to engage' with NASUWT over pay and pension talks