Press releases

Ofsted and Care Quality Commission on SEND

Date: 16/12/2024

Unless Ofsted considers a more supportive approach SEND students leaving education will bear the brunt.

Ofsted
SEND

Joint union evidence to School Teachers’ Review Body

Date: 13/12/2024

Unions representing the majority of teachers and school leaders in England have urged the STRB to take recommend action on pay and workload to tackle recruitment and retention crisis.

Pay
Workload

Joint union letter to Education Secretary on pay and funding

Date: 12/12/2024

Today four education unions have written to the Secretary of State outlining their concerns about the inadequate and underfunded pay recommendation.

Funding
Pay

School expenditure

Date: 12/12/2024

The Government’s latest data on school funding shows that schools are in no position to absorb further cuts to education.

NEU Cymru responds to the draft Welsh Government Budget

Date: 11/12/2024

NEU Cymru members will be pleased to see that there is more in-year funding to support the education system.

DfE evidence to STRB on teacher pay in England

Date: 10/12/2024

The proposed unfunded 2.8% pay increase for September 2025 for teachers in England falls well short of the urgent action needed.

IFS says SEND funding is broken

Date: 10/12/2024

This report is right to highlight the enormous gulf between Government spending on SEND in recent years, and the amount needed to meet actual and growing demand.

Funding
SEND

Comments on the publication of the inspectorate’s annual report

Date: 05/12/2024

This report rightly highlights the complex issues that school staff are facing, including the acute lack of SEND support for children and increasing rates of absenteeism.