Education Support survey on Covid pressures on schools

Four education unions – ASCL (@ASCL_UK), NAHT (@NAHTnews), NEU (@NEUnion) and Voice (@Voicetheunion) – have today written to education secretary @GavinWilliamson regarding the Government’s response to the recommendations of the 30th report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB). The deadline for submissions is today (14 Sept).

After @ONS shows 60% rise in Covid cases in England in past week, @NEUnion writes to Prime Minister @BorisJohnson about his failures to address school safety - @MaryBoustedNEU @cyclingkev In light of today's announcement by the Office of National Statistics that COVID cases have risen by 60% in the last week, the joint general secretaries of the National Education Union, Dr. Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, have written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson reiterating the measures that must be carried out now – as a matter of urgency – if we are to ensure education continues for all pupils.   

Over 25,000 people have already signed the @NEUnion #FairGrade2021 petition to the Prime Minister which launched on Wednesday night, in a demonstration of the anger and frustration generated by the Government's catastrophic mishandling of this year's A-Level and GCSE grading process.

Ahead of #GCSE #ResultsDay tomorrow (20 Aug) the Joint General Secretaries of the National Education Union  (@NEUnion) have written to @GavinWilliamson the Education Secretary, setting out why the disastrous handling of this year’s exam results must never happen again: