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4 March 2020
Anti-academy strikes kick off in Redbridge
The snow didn't stop staff, parents, children and supporters turning out on the picket line. St Bede's in Redbridge took their first day of strike action against the school becoming a privatised academy.
26 February 2020
The anti-academy strikes in east London are growing. St Bede's in Redbridge is joining St Michael's and St Bon's already on strike.
19 February 2020
East London anti-academy strikes escalate
Education workers in Newham have escalated strike action at St Michael's and St Bon's to halt plans for academisation
19 February 2020
Sixth-form strikers stand firm for increased funding
Picket line reports from Leeds and east London
5 February 2020
No to academisation of east London schools!
Brentwood Catholic Diocese in east London wants to turn all its schools into academies. Already academisation at St Angela's in Newham has been ruled out for five years after strike action.
22 January 2020
A win against academisation in east London
St Angela's school in Newham won't become a privately run academy - but other Catholic schools are yet to win
17 December 2019
Anti-academy strike action in Newham
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at St Angela's and St Michael's Catholic schools in Newham were on strike on 11 December against being forced into becoming privately run academies
20 November 2019
Cleaners strike over low pay at Haringey secondary school
Outsourced cleaners struck at Highgate Wood School in north London to demand an end to appalling working conditions
6 November 2019
Forbo Flooring Derbyshire strike
The strike at Forbo Flooring UK in Ripley Derbyshire has entered its third week.
23 October 2019
NEU members strike against sixth-form funding cuts
"The funding for school kids has been cut catastrophically, but the cuts for students aged 16-18 have been even worse," said Alan Clifford, National Education Union (NEU) teachers' rep at Notre Dame Sixth Form College, to Socialist Party members visiting their picket line.
16 October 2019
NEU support staff dismiss Tory 'extra funding' hype
The National Education Union was formed in September 2018 to include school teachers, further education lecturers, education support staff and teaching assistants.
25 September 2019
Labour votes to abolish academies and private schools
And promises to abolish tuition fees, among other measures
18 September 2019
Ilford: strike forces school management to back down
After a series of strikes and a threat of more to come, management at Ilford County High School has agreed to withdraw its unacceptable proposals
4 September 2019
Money doesn't make up for cuts - education unions must organise for funding and against Tory attacks
You know there's an election in the offing when the Tories say they will raise spending on education despite decimating school budgets in their previous terms of office.
17 July 2019
Council seeks to take budget deficit out on school staff and pupils
"You can't keep cutting jobs and simply expect teachers and support staff to pick up the extra work. We are not prepared to see our members driven into the ground nor see the children's education suffer", said Venda Premkumar, Redbridge National Education Union (NEU) branch secretary.
26 June 2019
Unions and campaigners discuss fight to end education crisis
Loud applause for Jo Grady, newly elected general secretary of the University and College Union, calling for national coordinated strikes to stop education cuts, shows what is needed
19 June 2019
Schools unions must turn anger into a fight against funding catastrophe
The catastrophe facing schools cannot be exaggerated. Schools in England have lost out on £5.4 billion in Tory funding cuts since 2015, writes Nick Chaffey, Southern Socialist Party secretary.
22 May 2019
Day of action against cuts to special needs education
It is a measure of a society's progress as to how it treats its most vulnerable members. Applying that measure to special educational needs funding - we are heading back to the Stone Age.
15 May 2019
End high-stakes testing in primary schools: build the boycott ballot!
National Education Union (NEU) members in primary schools will vote in an online indicative ballot from 4 June, towards a boycott of all high-stakes 'summative' testing for 2019-20.
1 May 2019
Valentine victory: School strike beats council cuts
Teachers and support staff at Valentine Primary School are celebrating an important victory
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