Press releases

Bridget Phillipson Speech

Date: 11/10/2023

Labour is recognising that little can be achieved without working with, and in partnership, with teachers.

Rishi Sunak Speech

Date: 04/10/2023

Headline-seeking announcements are no substitute for doing the hard work fixing the major challenges facing education.

British Baccalaureate

Date: 22/09/2023

This back-of-the-envelope plan shows a Government out of touch with the realities of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis

KS2 SATs and the Disadvantage Gap

Date: 12/09/2023

The government is failing to invest either in our schools, or in our most disadvantaged children.

GCSE, Applied General and other Level 2 Qualification Results

Date: 24/08/2023

Congratulations to all students receiving their GCSE, Applied General and other Level 2 qualification results today.

Assessment

A level results 2023

Date: 17/08/2023

The Union congratulates all students receiving their A-Level, Applied General and other Level 3 qualification results

Assessment

Ofsted Report on T-Levels and TLTP

Date: 20/07/2023

Not enough has been done to ensure T-Level courses are fit for purpose

SATs results

Date: 11/07/2023

These results confirm the point made by teachers and researchers: primary schools are still deeply affected by the pandemic and SATs worsen this already difficult situation.

Assessment

PAC report : A lost generation in education

Date: 07/06/2023

This new report spells out the worrying trends that schools have been seeing since the pandemic. The Government must ensure that funding for the NTP is adequate and long-term, invest in educators.

KS2 SATs 2023

Date: 11/05/2023

A punishing, demotivating experience for many pupils and staff

Assessment

Invalid value-added measures in post-16 education

Date: 05/04/2023

Qualifications certificate student achievement. They are not designed to measure school, college, teacher or lecturer performance.

Stop toxic testing

Date: 03/04/2023

Few countries put their children through high-stakes tests as often as England does.