Tag: schools

Why Are Teachers Taking Action Against SATs?

While bigots across the land are seething that primary pupils are taught the existence of LGBT people, the National Education Union is taking on the real menace in the classroom: SATs. James McAsh explains why.
Department for Education Emails Reveal a Crisis in Children’s Mental Health Policy
In May the mental health for schools champion was fired for criticising government policy, suggesting the Tories are more concerned with PR than children's mental wellbeing.
4 Reasons to Resist the New Immigration Duty in the School Census
Schools are now being used to investigate 'education tourism' as part of the government's campaign to create a hostile environment for migrants. Against Borders for Children believes we can work together to resist the plans.
Tory School Reforms Are Making Teachers and Students Suffer
Michael Gove and Nicky Morgan might have has their hall passes revoked in Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle, but the legacy of their education reforms lives on in our schools.
5 Reasons Teachers are Going on Strike
Teachers across England are going on strike tomorrow. But during what seems like a golden age for teaching standards, why is industrial action necessary?