Every workplace should have a disability leave policy alongside a sickness absence policy so that education workers are not penalised for being Disabled.

End the freedom of academy trusts to worsen pay and conditions

Date: 16/04/2025

Academy trusts and all publicly funded providers of education must be required to employ staff on minimum standards that are set out nationally.

Violence in the education sector

Date: 16/04/2025

There is an increase in behaviour that challenges, and education staff are bearing the brunt of it.

Mandatory adoption of the Burgundy Book for all schools and academies

Date: 16/04/2025

The government must mandate the incorporation of the National Conditions of Service for Teachers in England and Wales 2023 into the contracts of employment of all teachers in academies.

Unfair treatment of OTTs - a call for change

Date: 16/04/2025

The exploitative treatment of overseas trained teachers (OTTs) in this country needs to be addressed.

Work-related stress

Date: 16/04/2025

To turn the page on the education recruitment and retention crisis we need to address the many causes of teacher and support staff work-related stress

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General Secretary’s speech 2025

Health and safety in education – learning from Grenfell

Defending and extending members' rights at work

Professional unity

Solidarity with Ukraine

State of education: Pupil poverty

Disability leave - a policy in every workplace

End the freedom of academy trusts to worsen pay and conditions

Violence in the education sector

Mandatory adoption of the Burgundy Book for all schools and academies

Unfair treatment of OTTs - a call for change

Work-related stress