General
Monday
5th Apr 2021
GCSES: Exam system stops parents ‘bullying’ teachers
Teachers reject calls to permanently replace exams with teacher assessment over fears it could increase workload and lead to bullying
Regulate ‘excessive’ MAT leader pay, say teachers
NASUWT members back campaign for more scrutiny of academy trust finances
‘Mistake’ to relax Covid safety in schools, say teachers
Staff fear relaxation of national lockdown will mean students are less likely to follow Covid safety rules
Fears long Covid is a ‘ticking time-bomb’ for teachers
Teachers who get Covid in school need compensation and better access to ill-health retirement, says NASUWT
Sunday
4th Apr 2021
Vote to exclude for false allegations against teachers
Malicious allegations made by pupils can ‘ruin’ teachers’ lives and trigger depression and suicide, NASUWT conference told
Female teachers also victims of sexist abuse in schools
Female teachers are subject to ‘derogatory’ sexist name-calling both in class and online, says NASUWT teachers’ union
Arts being cut to allow Covid catch-up, teachers warn
NASUWT votes to continue to challenge schools that remove or reduce pupils’ access to creative and practical subjects
School ‘mocksteds’ adding pressure to teacher workloads
Panic over Ofsted’s ‘light touch’ visits next term are adding yet more stress and work to teachers, conference hears
Teachers ‘denied time off work to get vaccine’
NASUWT contacts education secretary over ‘widespread’ cases of ‘uncaring’ employers denying teachers time off for jab
‘How my pupils’ writing struggles were transformed’
Speech technology has had an ‘astounding’ effect on students who find writing difficult, says Blair Minchin
Four-year plan to tackle learning loss, reports say
Unpublished data set to show more than 200,000 pupils moving into secondary school lack literacy skills, according to reports