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Former firefighters’ union chief Matt Wrack wins NASUWT leadership election

The vote came after the teaching union faced legal action over the appointment of its new general secretary.

Evening Standard

Three union leaders included in King’s Birthday Honours

Dave Ward and Patrick Roach are made CBEs and Sue Ferns is made an OBE.

The Independent UK

Teachers’ union reopens nominations for top role days after Matt Wrack elected

The NASUWT was facing a legal challenge with a hearing set to take place in the High Court on Monday.

Evening Standard

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Former firefighters’ union chief Matt Wrack to lead NASUWT

Mr Wrack will succeed Dr Patrick Roach as general secretary of the teachers’ union.

Evening Standard

Second teachers’ union vows to strike if pay award fails to fund schools in England

NASUWT conference votes to launch strike ballot if spending review does not top up school budgets in full

The Guardian - UK

Barking at women, blocking doors: Teachers reveal Andrew Tate’s chilling influence on boys

Boys as young as 10 are idolising Andrew Tate and holding women in contempt, say educators

The Independent UK

Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools

Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew Tate

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Social media influencers ‘fuelling misogyny in schools’

Teacher members of the NASUWT union have reported that Andrew Tate is having a negative influence on male pupils.

The Independent UK

Government must ‘step up’ its response to youth violence – teaching union chief

More action is needed than just restricting pupils’ access to mobile phones, Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT, said.

Evening Standard

One in five teachers hit or punched by pupils in the past year, shocking survey shows

The NASUWT says there have been 30,000 violent incidents against teachers involving pupils with a weapon in the last 12 months

The Independent UK

Teachers are being punched, kicked, shoved or spat at by pupils – survey

Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, warned of an ‘unprecedented surge’ of violence and abuse in schools in recent years.

The Independent UK

Former firefighters’ union leader in bid to head NASUWT

The national executive of the teaching union has endorsed Matt Wrack to replace Dr Patrick Roach who has announced he is not seeking re-election.

Evening Standard

Sixth form colleges could face walkouts after teachers vote for action over pay

Members of the NASUWT teaching union in non-academised sixth form colleges have backed strike action in a fight for a pay increase.

Evening Standard

Union ballots teachers in sixth form colleges for industrial action over pay

Members have been offered a ‘divisive’ pay offer and such ‘unfairness’ should not be accepted, the NASUWT leader said.

Evening Standard

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish pupils to sit fewer exams as education reforms given go ahead

School pupils will sit fewer exams as the Government seeks to “rebalance” the approach to assessments, the Education Secretary has said ...

The Guardian - UK

‘Bubble’ of post-pandemic bad behaviour among pupils predicted to peak

Exclusive: Experts say ‘desocialised’ pupils home schooled through Covid are entering traditionally most disruptive years

Evening Standard

Teachers turning to alcohol to cope with work, survey finds

Nearly nine in ten teachers believe their job has adversely affected their mental health in the last 12 months, according to an NASUWT union poll.

Evening Standard

Some schools ‘could go to the wall’ under Labour’s planned tax on private sector

The NASUWT teaching union leader is ‘concerned’ about the possible consequences of proposals to charge 20% VAT on private schools.

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The Guardian - UK

Guidance on treatment of transgender pupils poses legal risks, say unions

Teachers and school leaders in England call government proposals vague, leaving them vulnerable to losing court cases

The Guardian - UK

‘Daylight robbery’: two in five UK teachers work 26 hours for free each week

TUC survey finds teaching staff perform the most unpaid overtime of any profession, losing out on £15,000 a year each

The Guardian - UK

Wales wants to shorten summer school holidays – but are they really too long?

Ministers hope to eventually cut break to four weeks but a teaching union says there is no evidence it will help schools

The Independent UK

Grappling with smartphones is one of biggest issues teachers face – Keegan

New guidance from the Department for Education will back headteachers in banning mobile phone use throughout the school day – including break times.

The Independent UK

Blanket ban of mobile phones in schools across England ‘unenforceable’

It is currently up to individual headteachers to decide their own policies on devices and whether they should be banned.

The Independent UK

Education minister says no cuts to key services despite teacher pay increase

Gillian Keegan said it was important that schools did not have to fund higher wages from existing budgets

Daily Mirror

School closures loom in autumn as major teachers' union votes in favour of strikes

Members of the NASUWT union voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay and working conditions

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