Teaching unions warn of strikes in England despite reports of improved pay offer Review body said to have told DfE 3% rise inadequate and instead recommended 5% The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022
Teachers’ leaders say 5% rise for experienced staff is ‘unacceptable’ Unions say the move by education secretary Nadhim Zahawi will not be enough to stop strike action. The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022
Nadhim Zahawi makes U-turn on schools bill after criticism Minister scraps plans to increase DfE control of academy trusts, derided as ‘ridiculous attempt to centralise power in Whitehall’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022
Tory MP waves Nokia phone in Commons as he ponders why school pleas ignored Sir Charles Walker said ‘nothing happens’ when he texts Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi. The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Tories U-turn over Schools Bill 'power grab' after peers threaten revolt Education Minister Baroness Barran told peers that chunks of the Schools Bill would be stripped out amid anger at plans to give the Government power to dictate academy standards Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022
PM suggests ban on new grammar schools could be lifted across the country Boris Johnson indicated he was not opposed to the move, but said ‘you need to look at how you do it’. The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022
Ministers trumpet fresh education plan with £25m for new instruments Funding for music hubs worth £79 million a year would also be guaranteed until 2025. The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022
Two ways to bring down a PM: Boris Johnson’s rebels see opportunities Johnson was defiant in Rwanda after his byelection disasters, but at home there was renewed Tory anger The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022
Teachers’ strike would undermine children’s education – Downing Street A senior Conservative MP said that industrial action would amount to another ‘lockdown’ for children. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Boris Johnson risks fresh row with unions as he backs claim teacher strikes 'unforgivable' Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi lashed out at the NEU union who has said it will be “strongly encouraging" members to back industrial action over pay and workload Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2022
Nadhim Zahawi: axing Larkin and Owen poems for GCSE is cultural vandalism Education secretary denounces exam board’s decision to replace the two poets in English literature course The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022
Wilfred Owen and Philip Larkin’s GCSE removal is ‘cultural vandalism’ – Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi hit out on Thursday at the move by OCR, which is part of a wider reform of the exam board’s anthology. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Teachers strike would be ‘unforgivable’ after Covid disruption, Zahawi says It came as the biggest teachers’ union warned of industrial action and called for an inflation-busting pay rise The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
English schools warn of acute teacher shortages without ‘inflation plus’ pay deal Figures show impact of pay on recruitment as unions tell education secretary to compensate for inflation or face strikes The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022
Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2022 Teachers strike looms if inflation busting pay demands are not met Teachers are facing a ‘huge pay cut’ in reality, union says
Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2022 Teachers warn of autumn strikes if Tories refuse 'inflation plus' pay rise The National Education Union said it would consult its 450,000-strong membership over potential industrial action if ministers fact to act on pay, staffing and workload issues
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022 Largest teaching union threatens to ballot members in England on strike action National Education Union writes to education secretary Nadhim Zahawi, calling for ‘inflation-plus’ pay rise
Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2022 Teachers could strike from October as Tories braced to reject plea for pay rise The National Education Union demanded a hike based on Wednesday's inflation figure - which could top 10% - and said the Education Secretary has until October to negotiate. But Boris Johnson is already indicating he will not do that
The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022 Boris Johnson warned against ‘race to bottom on pay’ as rail strikes hit millions of travellers Prime minister says UK must ‘stay the course’ to prevent wage hikes fuelling inflation
Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2022 Nadhim Zahawi: I was bullied at school for being ‘different’ The Education Secretary spoke out publicly to encourage others to seek help over bullying
Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2022 Teachers threaten strikes unless they receive huge pay rise Two key education unions have announced they will consider balloting members over industrial action unless significant salary increases are offered
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022 Teaching unions prepared to ballot if pay does not increase The NASUWT and the National Education Union have called for pay rises.
Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2022 Resurgent Non League Stratford hailed as a "model club" by impressed ministers Stratford are preparing for their first season under new boss Dean Holdsworth and have received glowing praise for their community work
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2022 New strike chaos as teachers and NHS staff warn of action over pay Rail unions set to walk out on Tuesday, as clashes loom over public sector pay offers falling short of inflation
Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022 ALL parents who take children on holiday in termtime to be fined in new crackdown Ministers are trying to put and end to the 'postcode lottery' on whether parents are punished or not if they take they children out of school during the term time