The Latest Breaking News from Daniel Kebede

Sixth form teachers in 32 colleges will go on strike from November over pay

The National Education Union has announced three days of walkouts by members in November and December.

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

Sixth form college teachers back strike action in pay dispute

The National Education Union passed the 50% ballot turnout at 32 sixth form colleges across England.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Philosophy could help pupils discuss hard topics such as Gaza war, says NEU

Union chief calls for subject to be embedded in England’s curriculum to offer students a ‘dialogic approach’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024

Labour must halt ‘disastrous’ teacher exodus if it wants to improve schools, heads warn

Unions and headteachers say party must make retention of staff as high a priority as recruitment

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024

A quarter of state school pupils in England receiving free school meals

Department for Education data shows a record 2.1 million are eligible, up by 75,000 in a year

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

The Guardian view on misogyny in schools: the teaching unions are right – ministers must step up

Editorial: Protecting children from pornography is one aim of the online harms bill. But other problems have not been tackled

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024

A Labour government could face teachers’ strikes, union warns

National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ needed

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024

Teachers’ union leader calls for inquiry into misogyny among young men in UK

Daniel Kebede accuses government of failing to tackle issue of sexism and its spread online among children

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Teachers in England and Wales could strike again in September, says NEU chief

Daniel Kebede warns of ‘growing frustration’ within profession as UK heads towards a general election

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024

Teachers to decide whether to ballot for strike action, as union warns they feel 'desperate'

Morale is at “an all time low”, says head of the National Education Union

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2024