Tag Archives: National Education Union

Teachers in unanimous vote to escalate their strike action

Posted on March 2, 2023 by insidecroydon

A little bleary-eyed after a night in the Town Hall Chamber schooling recalcitrant politicians about their duties to the public, KEN TOWL was back on the picket lines this morning as teachers ramped up their industrial action Thursday morning, and … Continue reading →

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‘Extremist’ teachers make polite request for a fair pay rise

Posted on February 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

‘Strike now, while you can!’ Croydon’s teachers rose to the challenge in their union’s placard competition as they marched on Parliament today. By our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE For many from the Croydon contingent that made their way up to … Continue reading →

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Most of Croydon schools will be affected by teachers’ strike

Posted on January 30, 2023 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports from a teachers’ union meeting on the increasing levels of grievance among schools’ staff According to the Chinese saying, it is a curse to live in “interesting times”. At a rather bullish annual meeting last … Continue reading →

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Half of borough’s schools expected to close for teachers’ strike

Posted on January 19, 2023 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, on the likely impact of next month’s industrial action by the National Education Union At least half of Croydon’s state schools will close for the day on Wednesday, February 1. Most of the others will offer … Continue reading →

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‘No one wants strikes. But I’m happy to stand on the picket line’

Posted on June 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

‘Travel misery’ won’t be over in south London any time soon. After a week of disruption on rail and the Tube, with airline strikes still to come, ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, appraises next week’s industrial action on Croydon’s Trams After … Continue reading →

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Teachers threatened with sackings in gay author dispute

Posted on May 12, 2022 by insidecroydon

The bitter row with Catholic church over governor sackings and freedom of speech has seen John Fisher School closed for three days this week. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Teachers taking industrial action at John Fisher School have been threatened with … Continue reading →

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Striking Coulsdon College staff set for action into September

Posted on May 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

Striking staff at Coulsdon Sixth Form College have stepped up their industrial action, as teachers have taken to the picket lines on Placehouse Lane for a second week. Union members are in dispute over pay disparity between Coulsdon and the … Continue reading →

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John Fisher governors get Ofsted backing in gay author row

Posted on April 28, 2022 by insidecroydon

Teachers are on strike at John Fisher School today, with the backing of the majority of parents, as well as former governors and even Ofsted, as the row with the school’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese rumbles into a third month. Governors … Continue reading →

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Striking teachers at Coulsdon College demand fair pay

Posted on April 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

About 50 staff at Coulsdon Sixth Form College have joined a picket line this morning, in a dispute between the National Education Union and college management over a refusal by the administration to honour nationally agreed pay awards. Coulsdon Sixth … Continue reading →

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Pensions dispute sees private schools’ teachers go on strike

Posted on February 9, 2022 by insidecroydon

More than 50 teachers at Croydon High School are going on strike tomorrow in the first of six days of planned industrial action to defend their pensions. Croydon High, the fee-paying girls’ prep to sixth form school in Selsdon, is … Continue reading →

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#MakeSchoolsSafe: The NEU advert the Mail banned

Posted on January 8, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Is your school safe? Teachers’ union launches covid map

Posted on October 1, 2020 by insidecroydon

Britain’s largest teachers’ union has started a website which offers interactive mapping to show the covid-19 infection rate around individual schools. The National Education Union’s “Covid-19 Map for Schools” website allows anyone to search for their local school and see … Continue reading →

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June 1 is too soon to go back to school, say teachers’ union

Posted on May 29, 2020 by insidecroydon

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the potentially deadly dilemma facing the borough’s headteachers, parents and youngest pupils There’s growing doubts – and much scientific evidence – that next Monday is too soon for young children to be expected to go … Continue reading →

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Croydon teachers issue warning over re-opening of schools

Posted on May 4, 2020 by insidecroydon

Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on a dire warning from the vast majority of the borough’s teachers over placing wealth before health Teachers in the borough have written to the council to warn that they oppose any plans for a … Continue reading →

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Schools face cuts of up to £1,100 per pupil under Tories

Posted on December 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Every school in Croydon faces further funding cuts if the Conservatives are returned to power in Thursday’s General Election. Those are the findings of the National Education Union, who state that some of Croydon’s 103 state schools could lose as … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon teachers go on strike over £700m funding shortfall

Posted on November 18, 2019 by insidecroydon

Teaching union members working at Coulsdon Sixth Form College will be on strike on Wednesday, demanding more funding for their students and their college. Across the country, the  National Education Union will be taking strike action at another 33 sixth … Continue reading →

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Borough’s schools’ budgets slashed by £15.3m since 2015

Posted on March 27, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on the startling findings of research into the impact of continuing Tory austerity on schools in Croydon, where teachers pay out of their own pockets for text books and glue sticks Croydon’s state schools are … Continue reading →

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