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7 April 2021
Pimlico Academy protests: "Run by racists for profit"
Anger has been growing in schools for a long time. Decades of underfunding, increasing class sizes and growing pressure around exam results have created schools which feel more like exam factories then
7 April 2021
Academy schools have become business ventures
The process of selecting a secondary school for your child can be an agonising one for many parents. In 2005 I viewed about a dozen and chose Pimlico. The headteacher seemed a nice guy and the leadership
31 March 2021
Beal academy strikers demand equal sick pay
"What do we want? Justice! When do want it? Now!" Strikers at Beal High School in Redbridge, east London, are demanding an end to two-tier sick pay.
24 March 2021
Beal High school strike as management refuse to negotiate over fair sick pay scheme
Beal High school in Redbridge east London faces a six-day shutdown just two weeks after reopening. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) have overwhelmingly voted to strike following the school's
10 March 2021
Workers respond to 'back to school'
A mockery of everything we've done: Schools opened on Monday 8 March, and we don't know if we are inhaling or exhaling. Here we go again - bubbles, disinfectant, and social distancing in tight spaces.
24 February 2021
Johnson's 'road map' for schools: Act together to protect safety
- For a phased return based on infection rates not politicians' dates.
24 February 2021
"I'm here to fight for the future education of children in Hackney"
Teaching assistants (TAs) in Hackney, east London took strike action against redundancies on 10-12 February
17 February 2021
Hackney teaching assistants strike against cruel and unnecessary job cuts
Teaching assistants organised by general union Unite took to the streets on 10-12 February to picket against unnecessary forced redundancies.
3 February 2021
Workers in two separate industrial disputes affecting schools in east London will take three days of strike action in February.
20 January 2021
Bosses profit out of 'starvation' food parcels
Private companies were exposed earning £30 for 'starvation' food parcels - for families entitled to free school meals - that contained just north of a fiver's worth of ingredients
20 January 2021
Life in lockdown - being home from school when you're poor is hard
At the beginning of the first lockdown, in my house, we had one computer for three students and a parent working from home. Myself and my siblings receive pupil premium and free school meals.
20 January 2021
Teachers: On the front line, in their own words
I've been working from home this lockdown, looking after the virtual classrooms. Some of our pupils struggle to access the work from home, as their parents need to work too. And some have a lot of illness
13 January 2021
Act together to oppose unsafe numbers and rising workload
The mass refusal to accept unsafe conditions forced a U-turn
6 January 2021
Workers' action wins Tory U-turn on school safety
A monumental battle has taken place between NEU members and the government
6 January 2021
UNICEF feeds children in the UK for the first time
"It is a real scandal that UNICEF should be playing politics this way" was the response of millionaire and Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg to the announcement that UNICEF will be responsible for feeding children in the UK for the first time in its history
2 January 2021
Organise a mass refusal to attend unsafe schools on Monday
There should be no return to work until safety can be assured.
16 December 2020
School boy assaulted by police in Tottenham
People woke up to a horrific video on Friday 11 December. It was of a 16 year old black boy in his school uniform, being assaulted by a police officer in Tottenham, north London. A protest was quickly
16 December 2020
Effective testing and properly funded safety plan needed
The health secretary hopes mobile testing units can stop the Covid tide
16 December 2020
Strikes are how to fight for state education
Two London strikes have the future of publicly owned and run education at their heart
16 December 2020
Cancel exams for class of Covid
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has refused to follow Scotland and Wales in cancelling exams, justifying his decision with: "Exams are the best form of assessment we have".
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