Many say poor behaviour is making them want to leave the profession, NASUWT finds One in four teachers in the UK say they experience physical violence from their pupils at least once a week, and many say poor behaviour is making them want to leave the profession, according to figures Read more…
Staff also buying breakfasts, winter coats and soap for poor pupils, says teaching union One in five teachers are spending their own money on classroom supplies, while nearly half say they buy food, clothes and even soap for poor pupils, according to a report charting the effects of austerity on Read more…
Secondary class sizes reaching 40-year peak compounded by funding crisis, says NEU chief Class sizes in secondary schools in England will hit a 40-year high owing to a sharp increase in pupil numbers being compounded by the growing funding crisis, teachers’ leaders havesaid. Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of Read more…
Data reveals one in 12 schoolchildren in 2012-17 were removed from rolls without explanation An investigation into the true scale of “off-rolling” from schools in England has found that more than 49,000 pupils from a single cohort disappeared from the school rolls without explanation. Researchers from the Education Policy Institute Read more…
‘Shocking’ data reveals one in 12 schoolchildren in 2012-2017 cohort were removed from rolls without explanation An investigation into the true scale of “off-rolling” from schools in England has found that more than 49,000 pupils from a single cohort disappeared from the school rolls without explanation. Researchers from the Education Read more…
Many schools in England using pupil premium funds to avoid deficits, Sutton Trust says School budget cuts are “endangering” efforts to improve education for poor pupils, according to a survey that found two-thirds of headteachers say they have cut staff to make ends meet. The survey of 1,700 teachers and Read more…
Chris Pratt and Professor Colin Richards say the accountability regime imposed on schools is unnecessary and demeaning At long last the government has recognised that an excessive workload is the cause of teachers exiting in their droves (Survey finds 40% of teachers want to quit in next five years, April Read more…
NEU says strict behaviour codes in some schools are ‘damaging to pupil mental health’ A leading teaching union has branded increasingly draconian zero-tolerance behaviour policies in schools in England as “inhumane” and “damaging to pupil mental health”. The National Education Union (NEU), which is holding its annual conference in Liverpool Read more…
Reporting of the Parkfield school protests has focused on the Muslim community, but homophobia is rife in all faith groups Struggling to come to terms with being gay as a child is by no means an experience unique to those who grow up religious. For as long as being straight Read more…
Anxiety, self-harm and suicide are rising, finds survey of school leaders and teachers in England More than eight out of 10 teachers say mental health among pupils in England has deteriorated in the past two years – with rising reports of anxiety, self-harm and even cases of suicide – against Read more…