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Messaging apps ‘expose teachers to aggression from parents’

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Peter Paul

The rapid spread of email and messaging apps has triggered a surge in parents sending aggressive queries to their children’s teachers and demanding immediate answers, according to a teaching union. Chris Keates, the general secretary of NASUWT, said her members had reported an increase in messages being sent via specialist school apps such as Class…

Boys will be boys? How schools can be guilty of gender bias

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Peter Paul

People tend to be surprised when they first hear what Matt Pinkett does for a living. “They assume I’m a bouncer, or perhaps a barman,” says Pinkett, 33, who shaves his head and has an East End accent. “What do they expect a head of English to look like – should I be wearing a…

If ministers really want to trust teachers it’s time to ditch the number fairies | Michael Rosen

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Peter Paul

Do you think it is now possible to produce statistics on schools that not only ignore what teachers, headteachers and parents have to say about the children, but don’t even have to be attached to real pupils? Can there be fictive figures, floating above a school like number fairies? I had this thought at a…

Female teachers need protection from sexual harassment, says union

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Peter Paul

Female teachers are not being protected against “upskirting” videos and other forms of online sexual harassment by pupils, the leader of one of the UK’s main teaching unions has said, calling for schools and governments to take the issue more seriously. Chris Keates, the general secretary of the NASUWT, said her organisation had found multiple…

Year 6 pupils spend Easter at school cramming for Sats

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Peter Paul

Children at hundreds of primary schools in England are being asked to attend Sats revision classes over the Easter holidays, a teaching union official has revealed, warning that it was part of a disturbing trend. Darren Northcott, the NASUWT national officer for education, said revision classes for primary school pupils were unheard of five years…

Teachers risk dying in classrooms if illnesses ignored, union told

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Peter Paul

Teachers in the UK run the risk of “dying in their classrooms” if they are forced to work through serious illnesses, a teaching union conference has been told after a member revealed dramatic evidence. Neil Jeffrey, a secondary school teacher, opened his shirt to show the scars left by a triple heart bypass operation he…

One in five teachers using own money for school supplies – report

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Peter Paul

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 schools. Among the more than 4,300 teachers who responded to the NASUWT education union, 20% said they paid for…

Teaching union warns of ‘super-sized’ classes in English schools

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Peter Paul

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 the National Education Union (NEU), predicted that significantly more secondary school pupils would find themselves being taught in…

Teaching union calls zero-tolerance school policies ‘inhumane’

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Peter Paul

A teaching union has described increasingly draconian 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 this week, said zero-tolerance approaches to discipline were resulting in schoolchildren spending inappropriate and harmful amounts of time in isolation. Anna…

I’m a teacher and I live in the back of a van

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Peter Paul

If I’d thought, 10 years into teaching, I’d be camping in the back of a van during the week, parking up under darkened coastal coverts, surviving on my wits at the front of class by day and my wife’s tasty pack-ups by night, would I have taken the plunge? I have two sleeping bags (four-season),…

Primary teachers to be balloted on boycotting Sats

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Peter Paul

Primary schoolteachers are to be balloted on whether to boycott Sats next year because of concerns that high-stakes testing is harming children’s mental health. Delegates at the National Education Union (NEU) annual conference in Liverpool voted in favour of the action after a heated debate, seeing off an amendment from the executive which had argued…

UK schools are turning to foreign governments to fund languages

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Peter Paul

In Holly class, Matilda, aged six, calls the register. “Ciao, Tyler,” she says. “Presente,” he replies. “Ciao, Arthur,” she says next. “Ciao, Maestra Matilda,” he says. The class collapses into giggles: Matilda is taking the register as part of today’s Italian lesson. Her teacher, Stefania Cellini, helps the children count aloud to check everyone is…

More than 1,000 English schools turn to online donations to close funding gap

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Peter Paul

More than 1,000 schools across England are turning to crowdfunding websites and wish lists to raise money, with many appealing for basic supplies such as pencils, glue and textbooks. A Guardian investigation has revealed the extent to which schools across the country are turning to online fundraising in the teeth of government budget cuts, with…

The Guardian view on crowdfunding schools: lessons in unfairness | Editorial

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Peter Paul

From sponsored bike rides to tombolas and auctions, fundraising drives are part of the fabric of our lives. They can help to strengthen social ties as well as raising money – as when parents bond with teachers across tables loaded with jumble or cakes. Funds raised in this way have long provided valuable extracurricular extras…

Knife crime prevention plan unfair on teachers, say unions

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Peter Paul

Teachers have reacted angrily to proposals to make them responsible for preventing teenage knife crime and serious violence, accusing the government of using schools as scapegoats. Under the proposals, teachers would be required by law to report children they fear are caught up in a life of violence, and would be held accountable if they…

Mother sues over daughter’s suicide attempt in school isolation booth

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Peter Paul

A woman whose daughter tried to kill herself while in an isolation booth at an academy school is to take legal action against the government. The child, who cannot be named, has autistic spectrum disorder and mental health problems, but was put in an isolation booth by her school in Kent for more than a…

School music report reveals cuts, inequality and demoralised teachers

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Peter Paul

When the children at Barlby primary in west London got up to perform at the Royal Albert Hall last month it was, according to their headteacher, an overwhelming and aspirational event. The school, which is part of the local community around Grenfell Tower, is among the most diverse and disadvantaged in the country, with more…

The Guardian view on school exclusions: the wrong answer | Editorial

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Peter Paul

It has taken a few years, but awareness of the rising number of pupils being excluded from English schools has grown to the point where the problem has become impossible to ignore. In the process, observers have become wiser to the methods used by schools seeking to expel awkward children without resorting to the formal…

Secret Teacher: the exodus of older teachers is draining schools of expertise

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Peter Paul

There is a teacher at my school who is adored by students and staff. He’s a dedicated and efficient educator with years of experience who once taught some of our pupils’ parents. The school benefits from his expertise daily, from the way he handles tricky content to how he manages difficult behaviour. In many ways,…

Secret Teacher: I hated teaching – until I realised my school was the problem

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Peter Paul

Not so long ago, I was ready to quit teaching. Now, I’ve got my sights on leadership. The difference is my headteacher. Under my previous head, I got the point where I couldn’t go on. I was signed off work with anxiety and stress. At school, we’d been under intense pressure to get more children…

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