Education unions have urged the Government to move much faster to reverse the cuts to funding made under the Tories. #Budget2024
Tag: Education
How do we fix the crisis in education?
Ed Harlow examines the Government’s sizeable in-tray for education.
Save Wandsworth Local Authority Maintained Nursery Schools
Wandsworth NEU launched a petition against cuts to early education services.
The urgent case for expanding Free School Meals – Daniel Kebede, NEU
"With the cost of living hitting family budgets, and hitting school budgets too, it is high time for a rethink on free school meals" - Daniel Kebede, NEU General Secretary writes for Labour Outlook.
Demands for Education Under Labour – Socialist Education Association
"The Tories have caused a major crisis in state education through underfunding, marketisation and central ideological control... Labour should recognise the depth of the crisis."
Chronic underfunding is driving the SEND crisis in our schools
"The SEND crisis is complex and multi-faceted but at its heart lies many years of underfunding amid a growing complexity of need and fragmentation of provision."
Ending early years neglect in our education system
There needs to be urgent and radical reform of the entire early years sector, writes Lizzy Ali.
13 weeks of indefinite strike action at the University of Brighton
Kevin Biderman, Brighton UCU, writes on the fight against forced redundancies that will see heavier workloads for university staff and worse conditions for students.
Six unions ask urgent questions of Gillian Keegan about RAAC-affected schools
The general secretaries of six unions have written a joint letter to Gillian Keegan demanding answers around the extent of research into RAAC-affected schools.
RAAC school closures highlight the government’s failure to invest in education infrastructure – Apsana Begum MP
"Leaving the announcement until the end of the summer holidays, has left schools and councils with very little time to make urgent rearrangements and minimise the chaos."