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National Union of Teachers

TRUANCY
6 May 2008

CLASS SIZES
29 April 2008

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
29 April 2008

SCHOOL LEAGUE TABLES
28 April 2008

FAIR PAY FOR TEACHERS
24 April 2008

THE PRIMARY REVIEW: LATEST REPORT ON PRIMARY WORKFORCE REFORM
18 April 2008

NEW REPORT ON BEHAVIOUR AND ATTENDANCE
17 April 2008

THE FUTURE OF DIPLOMAS: NUT SURVEY RESULTS
17 April 2008

STRB REPORT
9 April 2008

ENGLISH TESTS
8 April 2008

TEACHERS’ PAY
1 April 2008

THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY ON 14-19 QUALIFICATIONS PUBLISHED TODAY
31 March 2008

THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL FOOD TRUST
28 March 2008

THE WILLIAMS REVIEW OF MATHEMATICS - TEACHING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
19 March 2008

FAMILY INTERVENTION PROJECTS
18 March 2008

BUDGET
12 March 2008

Admissions
11 March 2008

MASTERS QUALIFICATION FOR TEACHERS
7 March 2008

ED BALLS' SPEECH
6 March 2008

ED BALLS’ SPEECH TO THE LABOUR PARTY’S SPRING CONFERENCE – ACADEMIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
29 February 2008

THE LATEST REPORTS FROM THE PRIMARY REVIEW: ¬GOVERNING, FUNDING AND REFORMING PRIMARY EDUCATION
29 February 2008

KEY STAGE 3 TESTS- FINAL RESULTS
28 February 2008

TRUANCY FIGURES
26 February 2008

Response to ‘Academies: A Model Education?’
25 February 2008

Asbestos
19 February 2008

Jacqui Smith Announces ‘The Tackling Violence Action Plan’
18 February 2008

CULTURE
13 February 2008

QCA PUBLISHES REGULATORY REPORTS
12 February 2008

PRIMARY REVIEW
8 February 2008

STAYING SAFE ACTION PLAN
5 February 2008

CHILDHOOD REVIEW
4 February 2008

RURAL SCHOOLS
29 January 2008

TEACHERS’ PAY
25 January 2008

COOKERY LESSONS
22 January 2008

WHAT IS PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR? FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS FROM THE PRIMARY REVIEW’S LATEST RESEARCH REPORTS
18 January 2008

TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
14 January 2008

INTERNET ACCESS
9 January 2008

THE NUT CALLS FOR THE DEMOCRACY DEFICIT  IN EDUCATION TO BE TACKLED.
27 December 2007

SPEAK UP FOR PUBLIC SERVICES- FAIR PAY FOR TEACHERS
18 December 2007

“Master’s” profession
11 December 2007

10 YEAR CHILDREN’S PLAN
11 December 2007

COMMERCIALISATION OF CHILDHOOD
6 December 2007

Growing Up in a Material World
6 December 2007

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAGUE TABLES
6 December 2007

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
4th December 2007

Release of Gillian Gibbons
3 December 2007

NUT MANIFESTO LAUNCH
3 December 2007

OECD - PISA 2006
29 November 2007

THE LAUNCH OF THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS BILL
29 November 2007

SPECIALIST SCHOOLS
29 November 2007

Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
28 November 2007

EXAM RESULTS
27 November 2007

Conservatives have missed an open goal to expose flaws in Government education policy - ATL
20 November 2007

CONSERVATIVE PARTY EDUCATION PROPOSALS
20 November 2007

OFSTED REPORT
16 November 2007

ACADEMIES
13 October 2007

CO-OPERATIVE SCHOOLS
8 NOVEMBER 2007

QUEEN’S SPEECH
6 November 2007

RAISING THE SCHOOL LEAVING AGE
5 November 2007

A GOOD LOCAL SCHOOL FOR EVERY CHILD AND FOR EVERY COMMUNITY
2 November 2007

THE PRIMARY REVIEW : HOW WELL ARE WE DOING?
2 October 2007

PRIME MINISTER’S SPEECH ON EDUCATION
31 October 2007

ED BALLS’ ANNOUNCEMENT ON DIPLOMAS
23 October 2007

GCSE RESULTS TARGET REACHED A YEAR EARLY
18 October 2007

ACADEMIES
18 October 2007

The Chief Inspectors Annual Report on Education Children Services and Skills 2006-2007
17 October 2007

EDUCATION ‘POSTCODE LOTTERY’
17 October 2007

TAKING THE EDUCATIONAL TEMPERATURE: FIRST INTERIM REPORT FROM THE PRIMARY REVIEW
12 October 2007

Chancellor’s Comprehensive Spending Review.
9 October 2007

SCHOOL UNIFORMS
4 October 2007

ACADEMIES
2 October 2007

Michael Gove’s education speech to the Conservative Party Conference
1 October 2007

NUT response to Ed Balls' speech
26 September 2007

Gordon Brown’s speech to the Labour Party Conference
24 September 2007

Government guidance on cyberbullying
21 September 2007

Save to Learn- Guidance on tackling bullying including homophobic bullying
21 September 2007

Education at a Glance 2007 – OECD Report
18 September 2007

The Government’s 10 year plan on children’s services
6 September 2007

New powers for head teachers to tackle poor behaviour
4 September 2007

Restoring Pride in Our Public Services: - The report of the Conservative Party’s Public Services Improvement Policy Group.
4 September 2007

Key Stage 1 results – NUT view
30 August 2007

Comprehensive schools continued improvement
23 August 2007

2007 key stage 2 results
7 August 2007

A New Direction. A Review of the School Academies Programme, published by the TUC.
13 July 2007

SCHOOL SPORTS
13 July 2007

New Secondary Curriculum launched today
12 July 2007

NEW SECONDARY CURRICULUM
11 July 2007

The House of Commons Educationand Skills Committee: The Work of Ofsted
11 July 2007

Ed Balls' statement to parliament
10 July 2007

OVERSEAS TRAINED TEACHERS FACE THE SACK
10 July 2007

POLITEA REPORT
9 July 2007

Social and Learning Skills programme
6 July 2007

Ed Balls
28 June 2007

The Sutton Report On  Social Mobility
25 June 2007

Under-achiement of white working class boys
22 June 2007

Government’s breach of honour over teachers’ pay
5 June 2007

NUT calls for end to boom and bust in teachers’ pay
28 May 2007

GORDON BROWN’S PLEDGE TO DEAL WITH BULLYING IN SCHOOLS
25 May 2007

14-19 Year Old Diplomas
17 May 2007

NUT response to David Willets
16 May 2007

Teachers’ September pay increase to be reviewed
20 April 2007 

Pay Settlements
17 April 2007

Diploma Gateway Results
28 March 2007

Bullying – an issue for every school
27 March 2007

Raising of the school leaving age to 18
22 March 2007  

Budget 2007
21 March 2007

Prime Minister Policy Review
19 March 2007

A Good Local School for Every Child
13 March 2007

Government commissioned review into the teaching of modern foreign languages
12 March 2007

Citizenship education – Select Committee report
8 March 2007

Speech by David Willetts MP at the public services policy conference- raising standards, respecting professional
23 February 2007

National Audit Office on academies – NUT reaction
23 February 2007

Review Body Report offers fairness to part-time and supply teachers
6 February 2007

PROPOSALS TO UPDATE THE CURRICULUM
5  February 2007

Ofsted’s Special Measures/ Statistics for Autumn 2006
31st January 2007

Holocaust Day – Paul’s  Journey: a lesson for us all
25 January 2007

Britishness and citizenship
25 January 2007

Teachers demand inflation based pay increase
17 January 2007

Raising School Leaving Age
12th January 2007

GSCE LEAGUE TABLES
11 January 2007

New Testing Proposals
8 January 2007

Chancellor’s pre-budget report
6 December 2006

Prime Minister’s obsession with the private sector
30 November 2006

School trips never went off the agenda says NUT
28 November 2006

Sexually abusive language aimed at teachers and pupils
24 November 2006

NUT reaction to OFSTED annual report
22 November 2006

EDUCATION TARGETS
16 November 2006

Amendments to the Education and Inspections Bill 2006:  new conditions on the appointment of head teachers and support staff in faith schools
27th October 2006

Foundation Stage Profile Assessments
26th October 2006

House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Expenditure Report
26th October 2006

Nuffield review of 14-19 education
20th October 2006

Public Accounts Committee claims 1 million children receiving poor education
17 October 2006

Public Accounts Committee reveals massive spending on academies
16 October 2007

Cambridge Primary Review – NUT view
13 October 2006

DfES view of special educational needs
11 October 2006

Teachers’ workload agreement brings tiny benefits
11 October 2006

Alan Johnson’s speech – NUT View
27 September 2006

NUT reaction to Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour Party Conference
25 September 2006

Potential Deputy Leader Speaks At Nut Fringe Meeting
25th September 2006

Truancy figures – NUT view
21st September 2006

Key stage 3 test results – NUT view
13th September 2006

OECD Education at a Glance 2006
12th September 2006

Schools and anti-Semitism
9 September 2006

Government’s school admissions plans – NUT view
8 September 2006

Trust schools – young minds put at risk
7 September 2006

GCSE exam results – NUT reaction
24 August 2006

Third PWC report on academies – NUT response
27 July 2006

OFSTED'S REPORT ON SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
13 July 2006

NUT backs Select Committee Report on special education needs
6 July 2006

Fall in pupil exclusions – NUT view
29 June 2006

New OFSTED Measures
23 June 2006

Keeping children safe from paedophiles - NUT view
20 June 2006

Public Service Reform
6 June 2006

Education bill is opposed by parents and teachers, says NUT
25 May 2006

Agreement on teachers’ pensions changes brings benefits
17/05/2006

The cost of integration - special needs pupils in mainstream schools
16/05/06

Government Proposals For British Value Classes.
15/05/2006

New Secretary of State for Education
05/05/2006

Show Racism the Red Card
25/4/2006

GCSE and A level QCA’s Mori survey
29/03/06

NUT - REACTION TO THE BUDGET
22/03/06

Denbigh High School appeal to the House of Lords on wearing jilbab
22/03/06

Rose report on the teaching of reading
20/03/06

Government misses opportunity with new Education Bill
28/02/06

NUT Reaction to the Prime Minister on Education
23/02/06

Latest government concessions on the Education Bill
16/02/06

Plans for trust schools a danger to objectivity in education
09/02/06

Teachers’ right to discipline
08/02/06

NUT on Government climb down
06/02/06

Children need school trips
06/02/06

NUT reaction to Select Committee Report
27/01/06

Education Secretary’s statement on sexual offenders
19/01/06

David Cameron’s plans for education - NUT response
09/01/06

Prime Minister can end opposition to his education white paper, says NUT
30/12/05

Alternative White Paper - NUT reaction
14/12/05

Four schools hit by teachers strikes over loss of pay
13/12/05

OFSTED's Numeracy and Literacy Strategies review
13/12/05

Teachers get pay cut in three year deal
05/12/05

Phonics crucial but not sufficient alone, says NUT
01/12/05

Teachers' right to discipline pupils and tackle bullying
21/11/05

NUT concern over new Education Department guidance on allegations against teachers
21/11/05

Professor Ted Wragg - champion of education
10/11/05

Education White Paper - NUT reaction
25/10/05

Prime Minister's speech on Education White Paper
24/10/05

Steer report: practical proposals for complex problems, says NUT
21/10/05

Chief Inspector's report - NUT reaction
19/10/05

Increase in truancy ' NUT view
21/09/05

Government changes to teachers' jobs will damage campaign on bad behaviour
13/09/05

Key Stage 3 test results show continuing secondary success
08/09/05

Government's quick fix plans on failing schools won t work
06/09/05

NUT on planning, preparation and assessment time for teachers
31/08/05

Key Stage test results show improvement
23/08/05

2005 A level results
18/08/05

Ruth Kelly's speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research
26/07/05

Terrorist Attacks - Advice from the National Union of Teachers
13/07/05

NUT on sentence for boy rapist
04/07/05

Statement from teacher raped by 15 year old pupil
04/07/05

Exclusion figures show schools will not tolerate appalling behaviour
23/06/05

NUT calls for advertising ban on unhealthy food till TV watershed
22/06/05

Report on academies
15/06/05

More cash help for trainee secondary school teachers in key subjects
09/06/05

Ruth Kelly and 14-19 Reform
09/06/05

Ruth Kelly appoints reading Czar
03/06/05

Government initiative on pupils' behaviour - NUT reaction
20/05/05

NUT reaction to Queen's Speech
17/05/05

Conservative education plans
26/04/05

Judy Moorhouse re-elected unopposed to chair GTC
25/04/05

Labour Manifesto for Education
08/04/05

House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Report: Teaching children to read
07/04/05

NUT pensions strike ballot halted
21/03/05

Education Select Committee - NUT response
17/03/05

BUDGET 2005
16/03/05

NUT hosts "Healthy schools and healthy learning" seminar
11/03/05

NUT to ballot for one day strike over pensions
11/03/05

Domestic violence - silence isn't always golden
08/03/05

Tory plan to use Chris Woodhead to review national curriculum
07/03/05

Labour's mini education manifesto
03/03/05

NUT welcomes Appeal Court ruling on Muslim dress at school
02/03/05

Government's White Paper on 14-19 - NUT s further concerns
23/02/05

White Paper on 14-19 education - NUT reaction
23/02/05

Thousands of teachers face cut in pay and status says NUT
22/02/05

NUT seeks members' views on action over pensions
10/02/05

OFSTED's annual report - NUT reaction
02/02/05

Low level disruption destroys learning and teacher motivation says NUT
01/02/05

Christine Blower elected NUT deputy general secretary
28/01/05

Conservative's savings plan put children's education under threat, says NUT
17/01/05

NUT Assessment for Learning Conference - 18 January 2005
14/01/05

Secondary school league tables - NUT response
13/01/05

New Secretary of State for Education
16/12/04

OFSTED on reading - NUT comment
14/12/04

Government's child care strategy offers support for most disadvantaged
02/12/04

Primary test results show continued improvement
01/12/04

Conservative plans would ghettoize children
29/11/04

NUT reaction to Queen's speech
23/11/04

England excluded from major OECD report
19/11/04

Government plans on pupil behaviour welcomed by NUT
18/11/04

Key Stage 3 English results and review of failures
17/11/04

Bringing down the barriers - NUT's five year strategy for education
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12/11/04

Government must not stint on child care
11/11/04

NUT's five year plan
09/11/04

Live Macca webchat - no more landmines
02/11/04

NUT evidence to the House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee Inquiry, 'Education outside the classroom'
01/11/04

Government misses GCSE targets - again
21/10/04

Sprinklers in schools should be a legal requirement says NUT
21/10/04

NUT gives Tomlinson report cautious welcome
18/10/04

14-19 changes must avoid chaos which hit previous exam reforms
15/10/04

The NUT has major concerns about the impact for bullied pupils from a plan submitted to the School Teachers' Review Body and the government and five other teachers' organisations
15/10/04

OFSTED report on inclusion : NUT reaction
12/10/04

A Vision for London's Education - Launch of the NUT's manifesto for London
30/09/04

Joint Submission on promoted posts is recipe for turmoil
28/09/04

Teachers' salaries lag behind those for graduates
16/09/04

NUT welcomes assessment and testing changes
15/09/04

Extended primary schools ; NUT reaction
08/09/04

African Caribbean boys underperform in London
07/09/04

The Government' s healthy living blueprint for schools
06/09/04

NUT organises Commonwealth Education Ministers' Conference
26/08/04

GCSE results NUT comment
26/08/04

Primary school achievement undermined by Government s unrealistic targets
24/08/04

2004 A level results
19/08/04

NUT backs Miliband's rejection of !A! level criticism
17/08/04

Select Committee report backs NUT fears
22/07/04

Vocation GCSEs the NUT view
19/07/04

Funding for schools NUT response to Miliband statement
13/07/04

Five year plan the NUT s view
08/07/04

Prime Minister's speech on Government five year plan for education
07/07/04

NUT welcomes Government's Music Manifesto
06/07/04

NUT elects new General Secretary
View also Election Result Sheet
29/06/04

Government s maths initiative
28/06/04

NUT General Secretary election result
24/06/04

NUT welcomes Bichard report s recommendation but reject fingerprinting of staff
22/06/04

New inspection regime, same problems, says NUT
15/06/04

NUT urges heads and chairs of governors not to use unqualified staff to teach
14/06/04

NUT condemns prizes for votes scheme in Sefton, Liverpool
08/06/04

Secondary education - the battle to teach
Comment by Doug McAvoy, NUT General Secretary
27/05/04

Secondary education the battle to teach
27/05/04

Judy Moorhouse, NUT Vice President, to chair General Teaching Council
24/05/04

Ofsted Report: Five year olds struggle with transition to formal education
19/05/04

Daugherty report on testing in Wales leads way for England says NUT
14/05/04

NUT special educational needs conference
Joining up the dots on Monday 24th May 2004
NUT headquarters, London
Please click here to view the 'Speaker Biographical Details"
10/05/04

Government announcement of next steps on teachers pay
30/04/04

Teacher numbers and class sizes Government release
29/04/04

Employment regulation possible discrimination against teachers in faith schools
26/04/04

NUT seeks clarification of the appointment of Government Inquisitor'
01/01/04

NUT at Bichard Inquiry: balance of protection for children and teachers
26/03/04

Charles Clarke education spending announcement
18/03/04

Budget - NUT reaction
17/03/04

Payment by results will hit every teacher says NUT
16/03/04

NUT member Hazel Dick not guilty of racial assault on pupil
11/03/04

NUT wins case over excessive pay deduction for strike
10/03/04

Mathematics in crisis
24/02/04

14-19: new qualification must retain the best of the old says NUT
17/02/04

Prime Minister's vision for refurbishment of secondary schools
12/02/04

OFSTED annual report: NUT view
04/02/04

Commenting on today's House of Commons debate on top up fees
27/01/04

The Daugherty interim report on testing in Wales
22/01/04

GCSE value added league tables - NUT response
15/01/04

Headteacher famine result of initiative overload says NUT
09/01/04

Top-upfees
08/01/04

Result of NUT ballot for boycott of Key Stages 1 and 2 National Curriculum Tests
16/12/03

NUT tests and tasks boycott ballot result
16/12/03

'Workforce Reforms - Blue Skies'
05/12/03

"Value added league tables" provide no added value, says NUT
04/12/03

Top up fees will hit poorer families
26/11/03

David Bell's Fabian Society lecture on inner city schools
20/11/03

NUT calls upon the Government to encourage food companies to withdraw advertising aimed at children
19/11/03

Tackling bullying campaign
19/11/03

NUT wins £86,487 for teacher bullied out of her job
14/11/03

NUT; Notice of Conference "looking at the way forward for 14-19 education "
12/11/03

Teachers face pay cut followed by pay cut followed by pay cut, says NUT
10/11/03

NUT to ballot for boycott of Key Stage 1 and 2 tests
06/11/03

NUT welcomes Debra Shipley's Bill to ban fast food advertising from children's television
04/11/03

Charles Clarke School Funding statement
29/10/03

League Tables for 14 year olds.
29/10/03

NUT reaction to DfES comments on Union survey
24/10/03

NUT survey on teacher attitudes to end of Key Stage tests
23/10/03

SATs damage our children's education
23/10/03

NUT calls for double digit pay rise for teachers
16/10/03

Government funding claims do not match reality
14/10/03

The Reality of School Staffing
14/10/03

Show Racism the Red Card - week of events
13/10/03

NUT to fight plans by Radclyffe School, Oldham to use classroom assistants for whole class teaching
07/10/03

NUT fights use of unqualified staff to take whole classes
07/10/03

GCSE statistics expose inaccuracy of education pundits' claims of failure
08/10/03

Vouchers bring chaos and bureaucracy not choice, says NUT
06/10/03

Secondary schools curriculum and staffing survey
25/09/03

Schools face £1 bn funding shortfall over next three years
18/09/03

Government funding will not meet school needs over next three years
18/09/03

NUT press conference
17/09/03

NUT submission to the School Teachers' Review Body
11/09/03

Teachers welcome Children's commissioner
08/09/03

NUT's action strategy for ensuring workload reductions for teachers
03/09/03

Government's £75m behaviour package - NUT response
02/09/03

NUT's action strategy for implementation of reduced workload
02/09/03

TES/SHA survey on loss of teaching posts
29/08/03

GCSE results - NUT reaction
21/08/03

End of key stage test results - NUT reaction
19/08/03

2003 A level results
14/08/03

House of Commons, Education and Skills Committee - The Work of OFSTED
23/07/03

NUT calls for Government Target Setting in Education to end
22/07/03

NUT launches legal challenge to Government sexual orientation regulations
21/07/03

Charles Clarke's education funding statement - NUT reaction
17/07/03

Examination reform
15/07/03

Government evidence to review body - NUT reaction
11/07/03

Section 28 bites the dust
11/07/03

Classes of 80
09/07/03

Government schools' workload conference - NUT view
08/07/03

David Miliband and Will Straw write for NUT's Education Review
03/07/03

OECD report rejects selection
01/07/03

Statement from Doug MC Avoy, NUT general secretary
26/06/03

A statement from Doug Mc Avoy
24/06/03

David Miliband - the unmodern moderniser, says NUT
17/06/03

Charles Clarke speech to the Local Government Association conference
05/06/03

NUT accuses Government of regulating for discrimination
03/06/03

NUT calls for joint action to protect teachers from redundancy
29/05/03

Deputy Prime Minister sets up schools' funding task force
23/05/03

The Times survey of planned teacher redundancies
22/05/03

General Secretary's letter to Unison GS re 'historic agreement'
21/05/03

Government's announcement on primary education - NUT reaction
20/05/03

School funding 2003-4
15/05/03

Government backs London Olympic bid
15/05/03

Conservatives to abolish university fees
13/05/03

Challenge for London schools
12/05/03

Challenge for London schools
12/05/03

LEA budgets published - Charles Clarke statement
02/05/03

Earthquake Disaster in Turkey
01/05/03

Government claims for 10,000 more teachers
29/04/03

Teacher discriminated against and unfairly dismissed
28/04/03

Education Secretary's attack on NUT
24/04/03

House of Commons Education Select Committee report on examinations and testing
14/04/03

Parliament to decide who can teach
05/04/03

Launch of Alex Pascall's musical drama 'Common threads'
29/03/03

Secondary school league tables - NUT reaction
24/03/03

NUT/DfES research on extended schools - NUT reaction
27/03/03

Extended schools - NUT reaction
13/03/03

War in Iraq - the impact on schools: advice from the NUT
12/03/03

Achievement of minority ethnic pupils - NUT reaction
04/03/03

OFSTED report on Government's Key Stage 3 strategy - NUT reaction
03/03/03

House of Lords' decision on excluded pupils - NUT reaction
27/02/03

NUT backs Chief Inspector on school targets
27/02/03

Government boycott of NUT conference 'immature' - says Union
18/02/03

Expansion of specialist schools - NUT reaction
10/02/03

Government pay award treats teachers with contempt - says NUT
07/02/03

OFSTED's annual report - NUT reaction
05/02/03

PISA conference
30/01/03

NUT response to Education Minister's speech in Warrington
08/01/03

Mass survey rejects use of unqualified staff as teachers
17/12/02

NUT members' survey on higher-level classroom assistants 'teaching' classes
04/110/02

A levels - the final tally
15/10/02

Government truancy plans - NUT reaction
09/10/02

Teachers reject tests as damaging to children's education says NUT survey
16/09/02

Government plan for educating asylum seeker children is morally unacceptable - NUT
04/09/02

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