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London wildlife on my way to work

The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has made its recommendation and the report is sitting on Bridget Phillipson’s desk. We ask the Education Secretary to publish the report now and fund fair pay for teachers and our schools. #NEU2025 #FundFairPay

Standing with our trans brothers and sisters

Absolutely awesome night last night. Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker and my favourite man!

9 children in an average class of 30 are growing up in poverty. That cannot be right in the world's sixth richest country. The government must invest in the next generation – it can make an immediate start by making #FreeSchoolMealsForAll a reality: freeschoolmealsforall.org.uk/take-action

Teachers are struggling with the rising cost-of-living, and an unfunded 2.8% pay rise just won’t cut it! And it will only make the recruitment and retention crisis in our schools get worse! 🗳️The time to act is now. Have your say in the preliminary ballot on pay and funding: NEUActivate.com.

Well I’m finishing the final day of meteorological winter with a sunny walk by the river. It’s been rather a lush day.

I highly recommend both these books

Awesome weekend spent with the most fabulous educators at our LGBT + conference. We are the NEU! 🏳️‍🌈

Through their collective action, our sixth-form teaching members have secured funding for an above-inflation pay award, guaranteeing the integrity of their collective bargaining. A hard-earned win, well done! neu.org.uk/press-releas...

🚨 Today we launched #TheArtsAndMindsCampaign We’re calling for all children and young people to have the right to study creative subjects and for schools to be properly funded to deliver them. #ArtsAndMinds Join the campaign. 👇 neu.org.uk/assessment/c...

It’s #heartunions week.❤️ Why not ask someone who isn’t a union member to join the NEU? Membership benefits include: ✅ Workplace representation ✅ Support and advice ✅ Access to training and professional development Joining is easy – just go here.👉 buff.ly/417glIS

Being a union member literally changed my life, I can’t recommend it enough! Join up, join in!

A very interesting Hope not Hate briefing tonight. We have work to do to tackle Farage but I have hope that we can offer a real alternative.

Big love to all NEU members who marched today against racism. We cannot allow the far right to spread fear and hate in our communities. Doing your pupils proud. #StandUpToRacism

📢 The far right will try to divide us, but we’re stronger together. 📢 Join the counterprotest on at 11:30am today to send a loud and clear message: We will NOT let racism, hate, and Islamophobia thrive in our streets. 📍 St James's Street, off Piccadilly. #StandUpToRacism

Tomorrow we march in our thousands against Tommy Robinson and the far right. Important info for the march assembling 11.30am St James's Street London👇🏽 #StandUpToRacism

“We can’t expect children to be ready for school or able to learn if they’re going without the basics." Poverty harms children's learning. That's why we need government to commit to universal free school meals and support all pupils to learn. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

It’s a bit rich for the Conservatives to talk about teachers’ pay. They had 14 years in power and, over that time, teachers in England saw their pay decline by a fifth. Kemi Badenoch should apologise for the recruitment and retention crisis her party created.

The government must invest in children's education, starting by pledging a fully funded, significantly above-inflation pay rise. Our evidence to the pay review body calls for urgent action on both pay and school funding. Read it here: https://buff.ly/3PZSXad

"The suggestion that an unfunded pay award can be paid for by making ‘efficiencies’ is an insult to a profession who have already endured 14 years of austerity." Your executive has met and made a decision. Our indicative ballot will open on 1 March. neu.org.uk/latest/press...

📢 NATIONAL DEMO: STOP THE FAR RIGHT 🚨 Fascist Tommy Robinson has announced a demo calling on his racist supporters to take to the streets of London. ✊ Join the counterprotest in London on Saturday 1 February to say NO to those who want to divide us. #standuptoracism

Lush day out in Keswick with the family. ♥️🎄 I flipping love Christmas

The Reds to take on Spurs 👊🔴 #TOTLIV

The NEU stands with the NHS: underfunded schools and hospitals can’t take more cuts. We need a fully funded pay award to fix the recruitment and retention crisis across public services. Together, we demand investment in the future. Our letters to the RCN and @the-bma.bsky.social:

Breaking: Former union boss Mary Bousted and ex-children’s commissioner @annelongfield.bsky.social will sit in the House of Lords after being made peers by Labour schoolsweek.co.uk/mary-bousted...

NEU members shared their views on curriculum and assessment reform during the government's review, which started in September due to NEU pressure. @mrp-ict.bsky.social also commented on the current system. #NEUChristmas buff.ly/4iqw3Wu

Praying for peace in Palestine this Christmas

In November, more than 120 educators gathered in Manchester for our It’s Not OK anti-sexism training event. Check out our It’s Not OK resource to help you challenge misogyny in your classroom 👉 https://buff.ly/3Pftf0v #ItsNotOK #NEUChristmas

NEU members in 8 schools of the University of Brighton Academy trust successfully challenged excessive funding cuts impacting workload and resources. After a 5-day summer strike, the employer agreed to a new funding model, increasing funds for students' education. #WinningAtWork #ValueEducation

NEU members at Haywood Academy in Stoke threatened to strike over excessive workload, including support staff working through breaks. Their unanimous vote led to management agreeing to all demands, including a directed time calendar. #WinningAtWork #ValueEducation

Well that’s me finished for the festivities. I flipping love Christmas 🎄

The government says schools just need to ‘reprioritise’ and move some money around to make next year’s unfunded 2.8% pay award work. Where will you be shifting all that spare money from in your school to ensure 'best value'? Let us know in the comments…

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🚨 New figures reveal the DfE missed its target for postgraduate teacher trainees by 31% - the 10th miss in 12 years. 📉 Shortages hit hardest in key subjects, with record low primary trainees and 75% of secondary subjects missing targets. Action is overdue.

🚀 Launched today 🚀 Our first ever report into the data we have collected. Strike Map data shows 170,000 workplaces took strike action in 2023. Download our full report here: bit.ly/SMReport2024 #StrikeMap

A day @the-tuc.bsky.social discussing racial justice

"The exceptionally strong turnout for the strike action last Thursday should have been a wake-up call to government that our members will not back down on this issue." #PayUp24 www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/2476811...

“As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof” Sadiq Khan👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...