Michael Gove calls for longer school days and shorter holidays

dailymail 14-JAN-12

Teachers reject final Government pension offer

independent 06-JAN-12

Striking workers march across UK

cnn 30-JUN-11

Gove strike letter angers heads

bbc 24-JUN-11

Schools win right to turn away middle class children

telegraph 27-MAY-11

Public-sector unions claim outsized share of U.S. pension assets

washtimes 11-MAR-11

Curriculum review: History and geography lessons go back to basics

dailymail 20-JAN-11

Fifth of secondaries 'in the red'

bbc 06-JAN-11

Children unable to speak properly when they start nursery school

telegraph 14-NOV-10

Pupil premium 'will make life tougher', says Nick Clegg

telegraph 15-OCT-10

'End final salary pensions in the public sector'

independent 07-OCT-10

Tube services resume after strike

bbc 05-OCT-10

Academies plan a 'failure', say teachers

independent 01-SEP-10

Frantic students call clearing centres

telegraph 20-AUG-10

NI A-level stars shine brightest

bbc 19-AUG-10

One in five children fails to make grade in science, shock results show

dailymail 10-AUG-10

Academy reforms set to become law

bbc 26-JUL-10

'Outrage' at head teacher's pay

bbc 13-JUL-10

Accused teachers given anonymity

dailymail 07-JUL-10

NASA launches Moonbase Alpha mission on Steam

tehrantimes 07-JUL-10

'Free schools' invitations issued

bbc 18-JUN-10

New science GCSE papers rejected

bbc 16-JUN-10

Fast-track academies plan 'will cut red-tape for teachers'

24dash 26-MAY-10

CCTV shows scene after attack

bbc 01-MAY-10

Latest developments on ash cloud

cnn 19-APR-10

Thousands of pupils and teachers stranded abroad miss first day of school

dailymail 19-APR-10

BNP teachers will not be banned

bbc 12-MAR-10

Ofsted: more schools failing inspections

telegraph 10-MAR-10

David Cameron vows to attract brightest graduates to teaching

telegraph 18-JAN-10

Ed Balls demands schools cut back on heating to save £750m

thetimes 26-NOV-09

Diploma teaching 'must improve'

bbc 17-AUG-09

The school with 100 spy cameras: 'Big Brother' system watches pupils everywhere

dailymail 21-JUL-09

Spending chief urges pay freeze

bbc 05-JUL-09

Tories propose school test reform

bbc 14-JUN-09

New curriculum for primary schools

bbc 30-APR-09

Tory plans for primaries attacked

bbc 25-APR-09

Teachers vote to boycott next year's Sats exams

dailymail 11-APR-09

Thousands of teachers 'at risk'

bbc 03-MAR-09

Teacher awarded £280,000 after being attacked by 13-year-old pupil

dailymail 07-FEB-09

Pupils 'wear stab vests to school'

channel4news 19-JAN-09

Pupils suspended for sex bullying

channel4news 05-JAN-09

Schools call police over violence

channel4news 23-DEC-08

Exams watchdog shares blame for marking fiasco

thetimes 16-DEC-08

Teachers' leaders claim sex lessons shift 'unnecessary'

YorkshirePost 24-OCT-08

Schoolchildren to be taught about dangers of extremism

thetimes 08-OCT-08

Schoolchildren show addiction to caffeine

thetimes 03-SEP-08

SATs fiasco company loses contract

independent 15-AUG-08

Significant drop in pupils achieving top SATs marks

sundaytimes 06-AUG-08

Disputed test results coming out

bbc 05-AUG-08

Schools should have dedicated police officer says minister

thetimes 29-JUL-08

Unruly pupils drive new teachers out of profession

thetimes 11-JUL-08

One million Sats results late

channel4news 05-JUL-08

School SATS results hit by delay

telegraph 04-JUL-08

Schools to be graded by number of pupils going on to university

thetimes 27-MAY-08

Move to bolster school governors

bbc 08-MAY-08

24,000 teachers in state schools are incompetent, admits school watchdog

dailymail 02-MAY-08

National Union of Teachers general secretary Steve Sinnott dies

dailymail 05-APR-08

Teachers vote to hold pay strike

bbc 02-APR-08

Teachers to be protected from 'cyber-bullying'

telegraph 26-MAR-08

Spoilt brats in classroom on the rise, warns union

guardian 25-MAR-08

Academies 'expel pupils over league tables'

telegraph 25-MAR-08

Pupils aged 10 monitor teachers' skills

telegraph 23-MAR-08

Violent behaviour on the increase in schools, warn teachers

guardian 17-MAR-08

Metal detectors in schools to stop knife crime

telegraph 21-JAN-08

Teachers get 2.4% pay rise

24dash 15-JAN-08

Let boys play with toy guns, Nurseries told

telegraph 29-DEC-07

Playing with toy weapons 'aids learning'

guardian 28-DEC-07

Pupils warned on gadgets

guardian 28-DEC-07

10-year Children's Plan pledges crackdown on 'weak teachers'

24dash 11-DEC-07

Cameron: parents should start co-op schools

guardian 08-NOV-07

City academies criticised for breaking budgets

telegraph 18-OCT-07

Johnson rules out review of teachers' salaries

ft 06-JUN-07

No 'hands-up' call to help pupils

bbc 01-JUN-07

Teachers get power to search pupils for knives

guardian 31-MAY-07

Johnson slapped on wrist for recommending Wikipedia

guardian 11-APR-07

Websites urged to act on bullies

bbc 10-APR-07

'Learning guide' for every child

bbc 04-JAN-07

PM to set out school expansion

bbc 30-NOV-06

One in 10 schools 'inadequate'

guardian 22-NOV-06

Wales stars come out to stop bullies

newswales 14-NOV-06

Students await their GCSE results

bbc 24-AUG-06

Exam results spark debate over standards

itv 17-AUG-06

Teachers may search whole class for knives

guardian 03-JUL-06

Education bill faces final hurdle after Labour rebellion

ft 24-MAY-06

Teachers angry at violent pupils

bbc 13-APR-06

Parents face fines in Kelly's new attack on school discipline

RSS 22-OCT-05

Teachers ratings 'bad for morale'

bbc 11-SEP-05

Dawn to dusk care plan for schools

guardian 13-JUN-05

Unions hail extra school hours

bbc 12-JUN-05

Treat Rural Schools As Special Case, Report Urges

africaFM 28-MAY-05

Lib Dems call for halt on academies

guardian 27-MAY-05

Advisers to tackle unruly pupils

bbc 20-MAY-05

School inspectors to report to pupils

guardian 09-MAR-05

BLACK

bbc 07-MAR-05

Kelly pledge to teachers

ananova 15-FEB-05

Kelly offers wider choice of state schools

ft 07-JAN-05

Kelly puts parents first

guardian 06-JAN-05

Concern and caution over Kelly

guardian 17-DEC-04

London school named Britain's friendliest

guardian 15-NOV-04

Teachers humiliated by flirtatious students

observer 25-OCT-04

Teacher Killing: Five Held

skynews 24-OCT-04

Blair insists A-levels will stay

guardian 19-OCT-04

Plan to scrap GCSEs and A-levels

bbc 18-OCT-04

Teachers winning support

belfasttelegraph 12-OCT-04

Teachers back state ban on private teacher

guardian 11-OCT-04

Teaching strike to hit school

belfasttelegraph 04-OCT-04

SCHOOLS DETERRED FROM OUTDOOR GAMES

dailyexpress 28-SEP-04

Girls as young as seven wear make-up 'to emulate heroes'

independent 08-SEP-04

Tories hit out at standards

guardian 26-AUG-04

A-level results spark standards row

guardian 16-AUG-04

Now cut our workload, say teachers

ananova 13-JUL-04

Mixed reaction to Clarke's plan

bbc 09-JUL-04

Deal over school spring breaks

bbc 29-JUN-04

Rift denied over plan to expand city academies

ft 28-JUN-04

Tory schools policy thrown into confusion

ft 16-APR-04

Teachers ask for security checks on pupils

telegraph 15-APR-04

Moves to protect school trip staff

bbc 14-APR-04

Labour 'bent on destroying education' says NUT

guardian 13-APR-04

[said:]: It’s actually hugely demoralising for all of those hard-working and committed teachers out there who day in, day out, are delivering a high-quality service.

telegraph 14-JAN-12

[said:]: This will only serve further to devastate teacher morale.

thesun 13-JAN-12

[-said]: The process the Department for Education used to seek to reach agreement by its imposed deadline of 20 December was a debacle,

bbc 06-JAN-12

[said:]: Put bluntly, the NASUWT national executive has recognised that the process the DfE used to seek to reach agreement by its imposed deadline of December 20 was a debacle.

independent 06-JAN-12

[said:]: The Government was pressurising and threatening. There were statements made by Cabinet Office ministers that things that were on the table would be withdrawn if people didn’t reach agreements.

themirror 06-JAN-12

[said:]: It is unjustifiable for the same people cutting the pay and pensions of public sector workers to approve a significant pay rise for an adviser.

themirror 05-JAN-12

[said:]: This is a wholly unjustified tax on teachers. Choosing to announce the increase in contributions in the final hours before the national discussions on pension changes have concluded is unnecessarily provocative. Regrettably such ill-timed announcements have been a feature of this sorry saga.

telegraph 17-DEC-11

[said:]: Choosing to announce the increase in contributions in the final hours before the national discussions on pension changes have concluded is unnecessarily provocative but regrettably such ill-timed announcements have been a feature of this sorry saga.

guardian 17-DEC-11

[said:]: It comes as no surprise that workload and job loss are at the top of the agenda for our members in Wales.

bbc 04-DEC-11

[said:]: Hardworking serving teachers and their retired colleagues who have given a lifetime of service to children and young people were looking for justice in the face of a Government decision which overnight slashed the value of their pensions.

telegraph 02-DEC-11

[said:]: The union pledged at the outset to leave no stone unturned to protect the interests of teachers and will, therefore, seek to exhaust all possible legal remedies.

bbc 02-DEC-11

[said:]: Hardworking serving teachers and their retired colleagues who have given a lifetime of service to children and young people were looking for justice in the face of a government decision which overnight slashed the value of their pensions. They will clearly be disappointed that the high court has not found in their favour.

guardian 02-DEC-11

[said:]: We're in this position today simply because the government had not entered into genuine negotiations at an earlier stage.

bbc 01-DEC-11

[added:]: To keep claming publicly that they want to negotiate, when ministers haven't called a meeting, I think that's misleading.

ananova 01-DEC-11

[said:]: In naked pursuit of the Coalition's elitist vision of education, 100 free schools and a handful of pupils get 600m while children in 22,000 other schools fight over a few hundred pounds.

telegraph 29-NOV-11

[said:]: In naked pursuit of the coalition's elitist vision of education, 100 free schools and a handful of pupils get £600m while children in 22,000 other schools fight over a few hundred pounds.

bbc 29-NOV-11

[said:]: Members have voted overwhelmingly to reclaim the classroom and their profession in the face of relentless attacks on their working conditions, pensions and jobs.

express 19-NOV-11

[-added]: NASUWT members will be taking further action to reclaim the classroom from the shackles of unnecessary paperwork, bureaucracy and debilitating accountability,

u 18-NOV-11

[said:]: NASUWT members have voted overwhelmingly to reclaim the classroom and their profession in the face of relentless attacks on their working conditions, pensions and jobs.

independent 18-NOV-11

[said:]: These are not working practices of the 21st century; this is taking us back to the Victorian attitude towards employment ... Stephen has exposed something which is scandalous.

telegraph 12-NOV-11

[said:]: The decision to ballot has not been taken lightly. It is a response to the deep concerns and anger members have conveyed to us about excessive workload, unjust proposals on pensions, rapidly worsening pay and conditions of service and increasing job loss.

icWales 04-NOV-11

[said:]: The question the court is being asked to answer is whether it is just and fair to arbitrarily change the basis on which pensions are calculated, reducing their value by thousands of pounds.

telegraph 24-OCT-11

[said:]: Despite all our best efforts to engage constructively with this coalition, in 16 months in office they have conducted a campaign of denigration of the teaching profession, encouraged schools to ignore contractual entitlements, attacked pension provision, undermined professional status and put in place plans to put the whole of the teaching workforce on a permanent competency procedure.

express 04-OCT-11

[said:]: A mythology has grown up around corporal punishment and its effectiveness which was never borne out by reality.

telegraph 16-SEP-11

[added:]: This review is stripping teachers of their professionalism and is a blueprint for increasing already excessive workload.

express 14-SEP-11

[ said]: The decision to scrap over 140 pages of guidance is potentially reckless and could increase litigation against schools and teachers,

bbc 02-JUL-11

[said:]: Unfortunately this is just more of the same from the secretary of state: obsessively focusing on academies, invidiously name-checking the favoured few, substituting anecdote for evidence, misleading the public and misrepresenting the impact of his reforms.

guardian 16-JUN-11

[said:]: Not content with subjecting teachers to a significant two-year pay cut, assault on their pension provision and savage cuts to education budgets causing job losses, ministers today have added insult to injury by effectively proposing that teachers will be on a permanent capability procedure.

mailonsunday 24-MAY-11

[said:]: Stripping away safeguards to ensure that teachers are treated fairly and professionally will not deliver high performance.

telegraph 24-MAY-11

[said:]: Cosla are not just attacking teachers’ pay and conditions of service, they are attacking standards of education in Scotland.

express 24-MAY-11

[said:]: The report and the Secretary of State have failed abjectly to tackle the serious, outstanding issues in relation to leadership pay. 'This recommendation will not address the increasing evidence of disproportionate and excessive benefit packages being awarded to some head teachers, in addition to increased salary. 'There is an increasing tendency for schools to offer packages of benefits in addition to salary, including private health care, additional leave, a car and/or membership of a variety of clubs. 'It

dailymail 10-MAY-11

[added:]: We believe some of the provisions of the proposals are discriminatory. Changes to sick pay and to the pay of supply teachers, for example, will impact adversely on women.

heraldscotland 04-MAY-11

[said:]: Why should they be exempt from chief executives in the public sector that have to have their salaries published?

express 26-APR-11

[added:]: This was an attack on what has always been regarded as the gold standard system of pay and conditions, used to benchmark provision elsewhere in the UK, including the national agreement in England and Wales.

irishsun 25-APR-11

[said:]: Support staff are valuable members of the education team and do an excellent job, but they are not trained and paid to be teachers. Schools are flouting the law and statutory guidance, and compromising standards.

icWales 25-APR-11

[said:]: Teachers are not receiving the support they need from parents, school leaders or government to assist them in maintaining high standards of pupil behaviour.

icWales 24-APR-11

[ said]: Too many pupils arrive at school with mobile phones, iPods and MP3 players when teachers just wish they would bring a pen,

bbc 24-APR-11

[said:]: When he declined to attend, I began to reflect on why and thought that, from his point of view, it was probably the equivalent of a pupil being invited to meet their form teacher for a review of their behaviour and they know the news isn't going to be good.

guardian 24-APR-11

[said:]: The E bacc is far too narrow for such a clever pupil – he needs a broader view of what constitutes a good education.

guardian 24-APR-11

[said:]: The level of compensation is no cause for celebration. 'What this figure illustrates is the cost to the public purse of employers

mailonsunday 15-APR-11

[said:]: The level of compensation is no cause for celebration. What this figure illustrates is the cost to the public purse of employers' poor or discriminatory employment practices and failure to pay due regard to health and safety in the workplace.

icWales 15-APR-11

[said:]: The level of compensation is no cause for celebration.

24dash 15-APR-11

[ said]: Whatever Leighton Andrews wants to dress them up as, they are league tables and will be seen as league tables,

icWales 08-APR-11

[said:]: I have no problem with the Assembly Government and the Education Minister saying it is their ambition to create the highest standards possible in Wales – they would be failing their job if they didn’t do that.

icWales 08-APR-11

[ said]: We all want to raise standards and do the best for our children, but we are being asked to do this without recognition of the issues we face,

icWales 08-APR-11

[said:]: This is just another addition to the exhausting accountability regime, with all the negative consequences that involves. It's completely unreasonable to hold schools accountable for whether pupils get a degree after they leave school.

bbc 22-MAR-11

[added:]: The employers’ proposals force all teachers to take a pay cut and leave supply teachers, important members of the school workforce, open to exploitation by changing their rates of pay.

heraldscotland 21-MAR-11

[said:]: Teachers and other public service workers have contributed towards their pensions in good faith and do not deserve to be cheated out of their pension rights as Lord Hutton recommends.

icWales 11-MAR-11

[said:]: The Bill has all the hallmarks of being conceived by power junkies.

telegraph 27-JAN-11

[said:]: Constant pouring over figures and handwringing won't address the funding issues.

bbc 26-JAN-11

[said:]: Teachers want another curriculum review like a hole in the head.

telegraph 20-JAN-11

[ said]: This is a pointless review when ministers have already determined that children should have a 1950s-style curriculum,

bbc 20-JAN-11

[said:]: Teachers want another curriculum review like a hole in the head. This is a pointless review when ministers have already determined that children should have a 1950s-style curriculum.

telegraph 20-JAN-11