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03 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Welsh schools to reopen from 29 June as experts warn UK-wide closures may set back attainment gap by a decade

The Welsh government has announced that all schools will reopen from 29 June as experts warn continued closures could undo almost a decade of progress on closing the attainment gap.

27 May 2020 Coronavirus

HSE must now be called on to advise on the safe reopening of schools and colleges

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must be urgently tasked by Government with providing guidance and advice to schools and colleges about the safety of reopening to more pupils, the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, has told ministers.

27 May 2020 Coronavirus

Government must set out how plans for wider school reopening will meet obligations under the Equality Act 2010

The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union has raised urgent concerns with the Prime Minister over the re-opening of schools and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 infections and deaths on black and minority ethnic children, young people and adults

24 May 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson confirms primary schools will re-open on 1 June but ‘it may not be possible’ for all of them

Boris Johnson has confirmed the Government is ploughing ahead with plans to re-open primary schools on 1 June despite an ongoing safety row.

22 May 2020 Coronavirus

NASUWT comments on publication of SAGE advice on school reopening

Commenting on the publication of the SAGE advice relating to the reopening of schools, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union, said:

20 May 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: MPs call for apprentice ‘safety net’ as two-thirds lose out on work or learning

Senior MPs have demanded a “safety net” for apprentices as new research revealed that 61% have been furloughed, made redundant or lost access to learning due to the coronavirus crisis.

19 May 2020 Coronavirus

The UK was late going into lockdown and is now coming out too fast

Jacob Rees-Mogg has told MPs that they must set an example and return to work, but the best example MPs could set is to carry on working from home.

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.

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

Gavin Williamson: Teaching unions must ‘do their duty’ and ‘get children back to school’

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said that teaching unions have a “duty” to back government plans to reopen schools.

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

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:

13 May 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Education Secretary says reopening schools is ‘right thing to do’ despite union backlash

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has defended plans to reopen schools from June 1 despite union demands to “step back” from the proposal.

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.

12 May 2020 Coronavirus

Class sizes capped at 15 as government eyes June return of primary schools amid union fury

Class sizes will be capped at 15 pupils under Government plans to reopen schools in June “at the earliest”.

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).

06 May 2020 Environment

National Engineering Policy Centre to provide advice to government on reaching net zero emissions

Engineering has a vital role to play in creating systems and solutions to address the climate crisis.

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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.

29 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Schools will reopen in ‘phases’ but no date set, Education Secretary says

England’s schools will reopen in a “phased manner” after the coronavirus lockdown, but no date has been set for when this will start, according to the Education Secretary.

22 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

IET welcome Government announcement to make remote education accessible

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that disadvantaged children across England are set to receive laptops and tablets as part of a push to make remote education accessible for pupils staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

21 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Honour key workers who have lost their lives to coronavirus on Workers' Memorial Day

The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union is supporting the call for a minute’s silence at 11am on Workers’ Memorial Day-Tuesday 28 April-to remember all those key workers, including teachers and school staff, who have lost their lives to Coronavirus.