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17 May 2020 Coronavirus

Michael Gove tells teaching unions and councils to remember their ‘responsibilities’ amid row over school reopening plans

Teachers’ unions and councils should “look to their responsibilities” if they “really care about children”, Michael Gove has said, amid a bitter row over plans to get more kids back to school from next month.

16 May 2020 Coronavirus

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says his ‘door is always open’ amid row with unions over school reopening plan

The Education Secretary has said his door is “always open” amid a deepening row with teachers’ unions over the Government’s plans to bring children back to school from 1 June.

15 May 2020 Coronavirus

Meeting with scientific advisors raised more questions than answers over wider opening of schools

The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union was represented at today’s meeting with the Government’s scientific advisors to discuss the evidence for the Government’s decision to allow schools to reopen from 1 June.

15 May 2020 Coronavirus

NASUWT supports call for council powers to close schools where Covid-19 clusters emerge

Commenting on the call by the Local Government Association (LGA) for councils to be given powers to close schools if testing indicates clusters of new Covid-19 cases, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said:

14 May 2020 Coronavirus

Labour grandee Lord Blunkett says teachers’ unions ‘working against the interests of children’ in row over June reopening plan

Teaching unions opposed to the Government’s plan to get some primary schools back open on June 1 are “working against the interests of children”, former Labour education secretary Lord Blunkett has declared.

14 May 2020 Coronavirus

Government has failed to provide evidence that opening schools is safe

Responding to the evidence given today by Osama Rahman, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Analysis at the Department for Education to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee about the basis for the Government’s plan to start to reopen schools from 1 June, Dr Patrick Roach, NASUWT General Secretary, said:

12 May 2020 Coronavirus

NASUWT responds to DFE guidance

The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union has reviewed the guidance issued by the Department for Education and is highlighting serious and fundamental concerns with it.

11 May 2020 Coronavirus

Prime Minister's announcement does little to assuage teachers' concerns about the premature reopening of schools

Responding to tonight’s statement from the Prime Minister, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union, said:

09 May 2020 Coronavirus

Filipino Trade Unionist receives NASUWT International Solidarity Award

The NASUWT – the Teachers’ Union, has today presented its International Solidarity Award 2020 to Raymond Basilio, Secretary General of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in the Philippines.

08 May 2020 Coronavirus

NASUWT campaigning secures appropriate pay for furloughed supply teachers from some umbrella companies

Following campaigning by the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, the union has been made aware that some umbrella companies have now decided to furlough hardworking and dedicated supply teachers and pay them appropriately under the Job Retention Scheme, as opposed to 80% the National Minimum Wage (NMW).

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04 May 2020 Coronavirus

The coronavirus crisis has exposed our broken teaching labour market

Exploitation and profiteering should have no place in a national education service. Our children and our teachers deserve better.

01 May 2020 Coronavirus

NASUWT pressing for clarity for supply teachers employed through umbrella organisations

The NASUWT and the Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FCSA) have written to the Government to press for clarification on the issue of supply teachers employed through umbrella organisations and a serious omission in the Job Retention Scheme which is having a detrimental impact on some supply teachers, who are now unable to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

28 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Step forward for supply teachers on furlough pay

Following campaigning by the NASUWT, colleagues in Crown Commercial Services and The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have now confirmed that supply teachers can be furloughed for periods which include school holidays, provided they meet the eligibility criteria.

16 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Bringing pupils into school to undertake assessments is unacceptable, says the NASUWT

It beggars belief that some pupils are being required to travel to school to complete mock examinations and other assessments to support the process of producing centre assessed GCSE and A-level grades for exam boards.

14 Apr 2020 Education

New NASUWT General Secretary takes up post

Dr Patrick Roach has today formally taken up the post of General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union.

03 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus safety failings

Over half of teachers who should have been self-isolating due to Coronavirus have been asked to attend work, a survey by the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union has found.

03 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

EXCL Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urged to provide supply teachers with employment 'safety net' amid coronavirus job crisis

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been urged to provide a "safety net" for supply teachers impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

20 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Misleading claims that schools are closed has caused chaos and confusion

Teachers understand fully the scale of the national crisis and are willing to play their part in helping the country through these unprecedented times, but they want and deserve reassurance that what they are being asked to do is reasonable and safe for them and their families.