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20 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Corbyn promises to halt rise of ‘super-size’ classes in latest Labour schools pledge

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that children are being “crammed in classrooms like sardines” and pledged to keep class sizes down if he wins the general election, in the latest of a series of high-profile interventions on education issues. The Labour Party has released analysis of Department for Education data released in January which shows that more than half […]

Grammar schools white paper won’t be published until after election

Ministers will not publish the grammar schools white paper until after the snap general election on June 8, despite Justine Greening having recently pledged to release the publication within the “coming weeks”. The Department for Education (DfE) said “well-established restrictions” on government business during the purdah period in the run-up to local elections on May […]

NUT demands funding formula response before election

Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, says it would be an “absolute and total disgrace” if the government does not respond to its national funding formula consultation before the election. Theresa May’s announcement that there will be a snap general election on June 8 has cast doubts on whether the government […]

NUT threatens strike over teacher pay

Delegates at the annual conference of the National Union of Teachers have voted to ballot members for a national campaign of strike action over teacher pay it talks with the government fail to make progress. The union is asking for an end to public sector pay limits and the restoration of all real-terms pay losses […]

NUT to seek summer term strike action over school cuts

The National Union of Teachers is taking steps towards regional strikes over school funding in the summer term, based on a pre-existing ballot of its members. Last summer the NUT balloted members on national strike action. The validity of the ballot ends on August 31, ahead of the NUT’s merger with the Association of Teachers […]

Half of young teachers planning to leave within 5 years

Poor management and unreasonable demands from school leaders have prompted around half of young teachers to consider leaving the profession, a survey by the National Union Teachers has found. Of more than 3,000 teachers aged 35 and under who responded to the union’s survey, just 55 per cent said they planned to stay in the […]

Vote on boycott of primary tests postponed

A vote on whether to ballot members of the National Union of Teachers for a boycott of primary school tests next year has been postponed after debate overran at the union’s conference. More than a dozen speakers contributed to a heated discussion about primary assessment in Cardiff this morning, calling for an end to the current regime of tests […]

Labour would ‘restore’ local education authorities & ‘fully-fund’ schools

A Labour government will “restore the role of the local education authority”, the shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged, along with a commitment to “fully-fund” schools. Speaking at the annual conference of the National Union of Teachers, Jeremy Corbyn’s right-hand man said Labour’s proposed “National Education Service” would mean schools were “democratically planned and provided-for”. […]

NUT preps for legal action against ‘grammar streams’

The National Union of Teachers has written to several schools and multi academy trusts running ?’grammar streams’ as it prepares for potential legal action over de facto new selective schools created using admissions loopholes. Ministers are said to be considering ways to open new grammars without the need to overturn the ban on new grammars […]