Workload «burnout» left Niamh Sweeney, President of the ATL section of
the NEU teaching union, crying on the way to work and caused her to walk out of the classroom.
The NEU teaching union has been concerned for some time about the gender pay gap in schools.
Sandra Bennett is the principal officer in
the NEU teaching union's employment and equal rights team
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of
the NEU teaching union, said: «The grammar school corpse has climbed out of its coffin once again despite evidence of the damage that selective education causes.
Not exact matches
According to a National Education
Union (
NEU) survey of more than 1,700
teaching assistants, cover supervisors, administrators and lab technicians, nearly eight in ten are doing overtime every week.
Teaching union NEU has called for additional funding for education ahead of the Spring Statement.
The National Education
Union (
NEU) is marking International Women's Day and the TUC's Women's Pay Day by challenging the government to take action to make
teaching a genuinely equal profession for women teachers.
According to the National Education
Union (
NEU), the cuts to front - line
teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.
Teaching assistants, school librarians and lab technicians are facing a soaring workload as staff are cut and they are increasingly being expected to
teach, according to a National Education
Union (
NEU) survey of over 1,700 support staff members.
The DfE has produced advice, supported by the
NEU and other
teaching unions, but its impact so far has unfortunately been limited.