Atl Section - National Education Union

"This year, like last, it has been virtually impossible for teachers to predict their students' results because of a lack of certainty in the new 9-1 grade boundaries."
- Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union

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We're supporting Anne Heavey, former education policy advisory within the ATL section, with a PhD research project exploring the teaching of history in primary schools and the implications the teaching of women has for gender equality.
If you would like to share your experiences of teaching history with Anne, then please complete this anonymous survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HYPRDP5
... Thank you in advance for your time. If you have any questions about the research project, then please contact Anne at anne.heavey.17@ucl.ac.uk.
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WATCH NOW: Dr Mary Bousted responds to the DfE announcement on teachers' pay.
Read our joint response in full: https://neu.org.uk/latest/joint-union-res ponse-teachers-pay

"It is hard to avoid the conclusion that an incredible amount of time and energy – not to mention at least £745m, according to the National Audit Office – has been invested in a huge reorganisation that has delivered patchy benefits at best."

"Here’s the thing: academisation is not a magic bullet to raise school standards."
Read Dr Mary Bousted's latest blog for the TES now.

The end of term is imminent.
Schools in some areas have already closed for the summer.
Head teachers and their teaching staff do not know what is happening with regard to pay.
... Governing bodies cannot discuss how they will implement the pay increase.
Along with our fellow unions, we've written to @DamianHinds asking for urgent clarity on teachers' pay.
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Confirmation from Institute for Fiscal Studies of what we've been saying all along - school spending has fallen by 8% in real terms since 2009-10
Join our fight against #SchoolCuts✂️ now!
https://neu.org.uk/funding

"The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile."

As 91% of schools continue to face billions in budget cuts, the Government is failing to provide the funding necessary for schools and local councils to give children with special educational needs & disabilities (SEND) adequate support.
Take action NOW and sign our petition:
neu.org.uk/SENDfunding
... #SENDcrisis #SENDhelp
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Important elections are taking place to help decide the makeup of the member groups that lead the National Education Union (NEU).
Make sure you check the NEU website to find out more about the elections, candidates and your eligibility to vote.
https://neu.org.uk/neu-elections-use-your -vote

Work in #Furthereducation? Join us for our #FEConference2018 on 23 June.
Find out more and book your place now.

We’ve signed an open letter with School Cuts representing 39 Local Councils telling Damian Hinds that funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities is inadequate.
This has left 2,000 children with no education provision at all. We need urgent action on this.
Read our letter: https://neu.org.uk/funding
... #SchoolCuts #SENDCrisis
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A report commissioned by the National Literacy Trust has found that half of teachers feel that the national curriculum does not equip children with the literacy skills they need to identify fake news, and a third feel the critical literacy skills taught in schools are not transferable to the real world.

“As an English teacher, I have no problem with Shakespeare, with Pope, with Dryden, with Shelley...But I knew in a school where there are 38 first languages taught other than English, that I had to have Afro-Caribbean writers in that curriculum, I had to have Indian writers, I had to have Chinese writers to enable pupils to foreshadow their lives in the curriculum.”
- Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, speaking at this year's #BryanstanEducationSummit

"Making grade predictions has been like sticking the tail on the donkey"