Politics, Teacher strikes

Keegan ‘deluded’ over teacher workforce crisis, says NEU boss

Union's leaders say education secretary is 'living in a fantasy world' over recruitment and retention woes in final conference...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Daniel Kebede elected as NEU general secretary

He will succeed Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney in September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Report cards: Labour’s proposed reform will require caution

Labour’s proposal for school accountability reform could be transformational but its implementation will require caution and time, writes Kate...

JL Dutaut
Kate Chhatwal
Politics, Schools

Budget 2023: Hunt wants all primaries to provide ‘wraparound’ childcare

New 'ambition' that all children are able to access 8am to 6pm childcare provision in school by 2026, but...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Politics

We’ve become an insular profession weakened by narrow debate

The teaching profession is progressively narrowing its focus from the big picture to technical minutiae, says Adam Seldon, and...

JL Dutaut
Adam Seldon
Politics

Schools can’t tackle ‘wokeness’ jibes by dismissing them

'Wokeness' is used to dismiss important work done in schools, but understanding its sources is the only way to...

JL Dutaut
Bilkis Miah
Politics

Sunak ‘bringing forward’ review of sex education guidance

PM says he wants to 'make sure schools are not teaching inappropriate or contested content in RSHE'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics, Schools

‘We support the strikes … but the children come first’

Headteachers say they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this week’s strikes, with...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Politics

The Schools Week Labour education policy tracker

With an election due in the next two years, we keep track of every policy announced by the opposition

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker