DFE MUST MOVE QUICKLY TO EASE ANXIETY FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS

DFE MUST MOVE QUICKLY TO EASE ANXIETY FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS

Commenting on the news that the academy chain Education Fellowship Trust (EFT) is to lose 12 of its schools across Northamptonshire, Wiltshire and Maidenhead which will return to the control of the Department for Education, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:

“The DfE announcement to strip EFT of its academies is bound to cause huge uncertainty for staff and the children and young people in their care, as well as their parents.

“The DfE must urgently move without delay to stabilise the situation, secure the educational entitlements of pupils and urgently reassure pupils, teachers and parents.”