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Performing Miracles
THE MIRACLE WORKER The Attic Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, Friday 14th March 2025 Tread The Boards’ new season gets off to a fine start with this entertaining drama. William Gibson’s play from 1960 is based on the autobiography of Helen Keller, who at the beginning of the century, was taught how to communicate with the world around her by Annie Sullivan, despite Helen’s blind and deaf…
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Government’s attack on people continues with ‘missed opportunity on teachers’ pay’
Government’s attack on people continues with ‘missed opportunity on teachers’ pay’
Yes, let’s say we should look at public sector and then make sure nothing can be done about it, while we snigger into our cuffs, still moist from our buttered crumpets… or a ‘Missed opportunity on teachers’ pay’, which is what the South West NUJ press release reads. Here it is… (more…)
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A ‘dereliction of duty to our children and young people’. SW NUT responds to Budget’s unbalanced response to education
A ‘dereliction of duty to our children and young people’. SW NUT responds to Budget’s unbalanced response to education
Unsurprising there’s a funding crisis in our schools, which will be exacerbated – not eased – by the money pumped into free schools. Here’s what the South West NUT has to say… (more…)
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‘The Government will cause lasting damage to our children's futures’
‘The Government will cause lasting damage to our children’s futures’
Devon schools facing “crisis” and must take “urgent very undesirable actions” to balance finances, says East Devon’s indi campaigning powerhouse Claire Wright. She also says schools face cuts of £3bn. So it seems all is not rosy for Devon schools, or for Devon pupils and parents. Here’s what the South West NUT have to say… (more…)
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Excessive long-hours for teachers: it’s not improving education
Excessive long-hours for teachers: it’s not improving education
Work Clock at an odd angle Attribution Some rights reserved by Marilyn Roxie Commenting on the Education Policy Institute’s publication Teacher workload and professional development in England’s secondary schools: insights from TALIS, Andy Woolley, South West Regional Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, (more…)
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Well supported teachers strike throughout the South West
Well supported teachers strike throughout the South West
Commenting after a day of strike action across England, Andy Woolley, South West Regional Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “This has been a very well supported strike across the region, both by NUT members and the general public. We thank all those parents who have supported us despite the inconvenience it may have caused. (more…)
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Big talk of academies, but schools face severe funding cuts
Big talk of academies, but schools face severe funding cuts
Commenting on the Institute for Fiscal Studies report on school funding, Andy Woolley, South West regional secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The IFS has confirmed that the Government plans the biggest real-terms cut in school funding since at least the late 1970s. (more…)
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Parents breathe a sigh of relief as baseline assessment abandoned, but deep problems lie ahead
Parents breathe a sigh of relief as baseline assessment abandoned, but deep problems lie ahead
The higgledy piggledy education system has been higgled and piggled a little bit more – this time the government has abandoned its baseline assessment, but the government’s testing programme is not build to last, says the South West NUT. (more…)
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