Tag: schools

GE2019: Exposing School Cuts Will Be the Key to Beating Boris Johnson
Despite four years of cuts to schools in Britain, the Tories continue to promise additional school funding. Primary school teacher and NUT member James McAsh argues that exposing school cuts is the key to unlocking the next general election.
Bring on Labour’s National Education Service, Ending Ofsted Means Ending a System That Fails Children
Until recently Labour’s flagship education policy was as vague as it was exciting. This changed at last month's Labour Conference when a full picture of the party's proposed National Education Service emerged for the first time: it will be a full throttled attack on neoliberalism in education, argues teacher James McAsh, including the scrapping of Ofsted. 
Sex Education in the UK Must Be Transformed
With the government issuing new legislation to change sex education in schools, Natalie Fiennes argues that this new curriculum must be a radical one. 
It’s Time to Celebrate a Black British History Month in Our Schools
This month, children across the UK will learn about the lives of popular figures from Black history. But with Black Britons generally overlooked in favour of more familiar figures like Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela, Darell J Philips argues it is time to make sure Black British history is taught in schools too.
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?