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NASUWT calls for action on registration fee
The NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in Wales, has called for school staff to be reimbursed if plans go ahead for a requirement for all staff working in schools to be registered with a regulatory body.
NASUWT condemns the school banding system as fundamentally flawed
The NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in Wales, has called on the Welsh Government to revisit the whole concept of banding of schools.
NASUWT highlight the crisis that surrounds the Welsh govt's school improvement strategy
Moving a motion on the ‘School Improvement Strategy in Crisis’ at the Wales TUC Conference in Llandudno today, Suzanne Nantcurvis, NASUWT National Executive Member, will condemn attempts by Education Minister Leighton Andrews to create a crisis around the 2010 PISA results in an attempt to introduce a series of education reforms which threaten the provision of a high-quality education system and an effective school workforce.
NASUWT: Teacher support at the heart of good maths education
Commenting on the publication of the Ofsted report, Mathematics: Made to Measure, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:
NASUWT: Demise of local authority teacher supply pools down to headteachers and governors
Headteachers and governors who are employing agency staff on lower wages are to blame for the reduction in local authority pools of supply teachers, the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in Wales said today.
NASUWT: OECD Skills Strategy should give Coalition pause for thought
Responding to the publication of the OECD Skills Strategy, which sets out ways to improve the supply of and demand for workplace skills to promote economic growth, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:
NASUWT: A good idea going bad
Reacting to the decision of Education Minster Leighton Andrews to advise for external mentors to assist with the induction of newly qualified teachers and with the introduction of the Masters in Education, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in Wales, said:
NASUWT: New research demolishes case for local and regional pay
The NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, has today published its evidence to the School Teachers' Review Body (Review Body) incorporating new research for the NASUWT by the Incomes Data Services (IDS) on local and regional pay.
NASUWT: SEN reforms do nothing to address real concerns of parents
Commenting on media reports of the Coalition Government's response to the consultation on the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Green Paper, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union said:
NASUWT: Secretary of state sets a bad example on financial practice
Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report on the Department for Education (DfE) published today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, said:
NASUWT: Ministers increasingly desperate as their policies are exposed
Commenting on the speech by Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove at a conference of private school headteachers at Brighton College today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union said:
NASUWT: 'Scandalous delay in funding announcement for crumbling schools'
Commenting on the Local Government Association's call for the Government to announce when schools will receive their much needed capital funding to replace or repair crumbling and dilapidated school buildings, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union said:
NASUWT: Tory ideological reform agenda continues
Commenting on the Queen’s Speech, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:
NASUWT Scotland conference
The NASUWT, the fastest growing teachers’ union in Scotland and the largest in the UK, will hold its Annual Conference on Thursday 10 May and Friday 11 May.
NASUWT: Birmingham forced academies are latest victims of coalition ideology
The NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, is balloting members in 13 primary schools in Birmingham which are being threatened with forced conversion to academy status.
NASUWT: Education committee report 'disappointing'
Commenting on the Report of the House of Commons Education Select Committee, 'Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best', Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers' union said:
NASUWT: Workers Memorial Day takes on new poignancy
The NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, will be supporting Workers’ Memorial Day, the biggest national event in support of health and safety on 28 April. It is being seen as a day of action to defend health and safety from the unprecedented attack currently being mounted against workplace safety by the Coalition Government.
NASUWT: Reckless deregulation is creating 'Wild West' in schools
Commenting on the findings of the investigation into the Priory Federation of Academies Trust published today, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union said:
NASUWT: Public services and economy "outrageously and unnecessarily sacrificed on the altar of coalition economic policy"
"The reason the country is facing a double dip recession is that a key driver of the Government's economic policy has not been about tackling the deficit, but to use the deficit as a smokescreen to pursue the ideologically driven destruction of public services." - Chris Keates, NASUWT. Read more here.
NASUWT: Bahrain visit to call for release of teacher trade unionists
Dr Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary of NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, has today arrived in Bahrain as part of an international trade union delegation to call for the release of two leading teacher trade unionists, who have been subjected to brutal and inhumane treatment by the authorities.
NASUWT condemns Westminister's arrogant pensions imposition in Scotland
Responding to reports that the Westminster Government is set to impose, without consultation, the direct link between the normal pension age and the state pension age on public sector workers in Scotland, despite the fact that responsibility for these matters is devolved to the Scottish Government, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the fastest growing teachers' union in Scotland and the largest in the UK, said this:
Future of education initiatives is in jeopardy, warns NASUWT
Read the NASUWT's comment on research by Stirling University that the Curriculum for Excellence is causing teachers in Scotland anxiety.
NASUWT: Pupils are at the mercy of the market
The increasing marketisation of the education system is putting profit before the interests of pupils, teachers and the public, representatives at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, was told.
NASUWT: Employers given licence to discriminate
Redundancy, competency and disciplinary procedures are being systematically abused by employers to single out older women, black and minority ethnic, disabled and gay teachers, representatives at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, have heard today.
NASUWT: Over 97% of allegations against teachers are unsubstantiated
Over 97% of allegations of unlawful behaviour made against NASUWT members were unsubstantiated. These latest figures released by the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, cover 2011.
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