Academies – a guide for governors What are academy schools?
Academies – a guide for governors What are academy schools? Academies as defined by the Department for Education (DfE) are publicly...
QUEEN’S SPEECH – MORE CHAOS AND CONFUSION FOR EDUCATION
Commenting on the reference in the Queen’s Speech to the Government’s plans for an Education Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the...
Academies Update
The key to opposing and stopping the forced academisation plans lay in cultivating and trading on the rebellion the Government was...
ANOTHER HUMILIATING FAILURE FOR THE CHANCELLOR
ANOTHER HUMILIATING FAILURE FOR THE CHANCELLOR In welcoming the announcement that the forced academisation plans are now being dropped by...
White Paper - Forced Academies
Facts about forced academisation and the White Paper There has been a lot of noise generated about the White Paper to the extent that...
Tax Relief for Supply Teachers
On 6 April 2016, Section 14 of the Finance Bill inserted a new provision, Section 339A, into the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act...
West Midlands Conference 2016
Dear all Please find below a link to some of the photos from last years WM Region Conference 2015 at Chesford Grange, there are some...
Two frontrunners emerge for Ofsted top job
Two frontrunners emerge for Ofsted top job Two frontrunners have emerged in the race to be named as the next Ofsted chief inspector, TES...
Workers in the West Midlands did nearly £2.2 billion of unpaid overtime last year
Workers in the West Midlands did nearly £2.2 billion of unpaid overtime last year, TUC analysis reveals Workers in the West Midlands did...
BIRMINGHAM TEACHERS TO STRIKE
BIRMINGHAM TEACHERS TO STRIKE Members of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, are holding a one day strike tomorrow...
