Sentences with phrase «deputy general secretary koku»

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «For Ofqual to suggest that teachers and schools are to blame is outrageous and flies in the face of the evidence.

Nick Brook, the deputy general secretary of the headteachers» union NAHT, said year - on - year changes to qualifications and the way scores are calculated had made it «extremely difficult» to compare the performance of schools over time.

Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) deputy general secretary Martin Johnson said Mr Gove was «using draconian powers he has given himself in the Education Bill to run schools from Whitehall».

The chair of the education select committee has written to deputy general secretary of the NUT Kevin Courtney accusing him of misrepresenting its views on academies.

Indeed, the TUC recently reported that teachers put in more overtime than any other public sector workers and Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the NUT, has said that teachers are «manifestly overworked» and that their jobs are becoming «increasingly stressful».

Deputy General Secretary, Nick Brook, agreed that «in truth external arts exams are not exceptional circumstances, they are a well understood everyday element of school life.

«The advert was instantly ridiculed by teachers, and they were right to do so,» said deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney.

Malcolm Trobe, the deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, and a former headteacher of a PFI school, warned the contracts are leaving schools «in limbo» across the whole schools sector.

Kevin Courtney, the deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Finally the government has come clean on its education priorities and admitted that its real agenda all along has been that every school must become an academy.

«Ideally, we would want schools to have the guidance a full academic year before the teaching of these subjects begins in September 2019,» said Malcolm Trobe, the deputy general secretary of the school leaders» union ASCL.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said heads were often forced to pay fees equivalent to 15 to 20 per cent of a new recruit's salary, at times racking up bills of # 60,000 to # 100,000 a year.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said there had been a «number of errors made in terms of the way UTCs have been brought into place».

Malcolm Trobe (pictured), deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «One of the things we are seeing is that there are significant additional responsibilities when a school becomes an academy.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said the findings were not supported by the evidence, and claimed that the sample size of schools used in the analysis were too small to be «statistically robust».

Deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Martin Johnson said: «Requiring vast streams of data to be collected will add to the paperwork produced by schools and increase the bureaucracy in education.

Deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney said: «At a time when we face major problems with teacher supply, IFS notes that the government's pay cap of 1 % could make recruitment and retention more difficult.

His comments come after NUT deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney warned that schools were turning to the «easy way» of improving outcomes by «shovelling kids around», which has reportedly become so prolific it's being referred to as «attainment - pruning».

Deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney, pictured, said the proposals would have implications for jobs and pay issues such as pensions contributions, as well as affecting the ability of workers to negotiate pay on a local level.

Martin Johnson, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said the government seemed to be «very comfortable with the idea of state - funded schools being run for profit».

He retained the position until ACM's merger with ATL in 2011, when he became deputy general secretary.

Nick Brook, the NAHT's deputy general secretary, claimed there is a consensus that the current accountability system is not «quite working the way it should», and said the commission wanted to address the current «vacuum» of «credible alternatives».

NUT deputy general secretary John Dixon said a ballot on a boycott would be a last resort, which would follow a campaign of persuasion.

And Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Very many good secondary and primary schools — as defined by Ofsted, and as defined by parents — will now be classified as coasting.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the study revealed that the push for more free schools was not really «parent - led» but was now «dominated» by academy sponsors.

Peter Pendle is deputy general secretary of ATL.

Children are not guinea pigs in some educational lab,» said Malcolm Trobe, the union's deputy general secretary.

Deputy general secretary Patrick Roach said the move, together with changes to the role of the schools» adjudicator, who oversees admissions appeals, amounted to the removal of checks and balances from the system.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders, said the change was a «logical move» which «rightly keeps the current regulatory function of the NCTL as a distinct organisation» while bringing delivery of teacher recruitment into the DfE.

However, despite ministers» assurances, Nick Brook, the deputy general secretary of the NAHT union, said it was still «hugely disappointing» that the government had decided to press on with the tests in the face of opposition from school leaders.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «Schools get a limited grant to meet the additional costs that they occur on transfer and can ill afford any additional costs.»

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the NUT told Schools Week: «We are disappointed that one union has chosen to enter into behind the scenes negotiations with the government in Jersey, and the other teacher unions will be working together to seek a meeting for urgent clarification of matters with the States.»

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «It is quite clear that endless changes to the education system are entirely unhelpful.

Deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney said: «We regret that the government has chosen this route rather than seeking to resolve the dispute through negotiations about adequate funding for the sector, which could protect teachers» conditions of service and students» conditions of learning.

National Union of Teachers deputy general secretary, Kevin Courtney, described the committee's concerns as «decidedly worrying».

The proposal has been cautiously welcomed by Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College leaders, who said the route from TA into teaching was one that «many people have already travelled», adding: «This may well be an appropriate way of doing that for many people.»

Malcolm Trobe, Deputy General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «Schools have not stopped teaching citizenship as part of their programmes, however, there is no longer a feeling that it necessarily has to be an examined subject.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said there was no guarantee these schemes would be funded, as extra borrowing would be required to bankroll them.

«This could further widen the credibility gap between Ofsted and schools, and the new chair will need to demonstrate his competence to chair the school inspectorate in an impartial manner with regard to all academy and community schools,» said the union's deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney.

But the Association of School and College Leaders deputy general secretary, Malcolm Trobe, said head teachers across the country had been describing the recruitment situation as «ghastly», «really difficult» and «a disaster area».

Its deputy general secretary Malcolm Trobe said the government needed to address the issue urgently and ensure there was no further slippage in the timetable.

The deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), Malcolm Trobe, told Schools Week the union was «very pleased» that the department had discussed the definition of coasting with them.

Malcolm Trobe, ASCL's deputy general secretary, said the government should be «careful not to make the system cumbersome» and prevent schools from making savings on services they procure.

Hardy has previously been elected as deputy general secretary for the Socialist Educational Society and served on The Labour Party's national policy forum for education.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that an increase of just two looked - after children in a primary cohort of 30 youngsters «can have a big impact on overall results if they are low - achieving» given the pupils will contribute 6 per cent of results.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders, said many schools had yet to «clock on» to the impact of changes.

Malcolm Trobe, the deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said «in an ideal world» all examiners would have significant teaching experience.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders union, said many secondary schools already had strategies and tests to ensure pupils moving up from primary had the basic skills for the secondary curriculum.

Deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders Malcolm Trobe said the use of unqualified staff reflects the wider teacher shortage: «There are not enough qualified teachers out there».

ASCL deputy general secretary Malcolm Trobe said: «School funding is a postcode lottery.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of NUT, said: «The advert was instantly ridiculed by teachers, and they were right to do so.