Sentences with phrase «teaching union ucac»

«The lengths that the DfE and education ministers will go to to use taxpayers money to defend the indefensible is quite startling and extremely worrying,» said Mary Bousted, the general secretary of teaching union ATL.

The NASUWT teaching union said the updated guidance seemed «largely to be announcements of sanctions that schools already have, or confusing statements apparently more about securing populist public support than backing teachers».

The Ucac teaching union said the instability of the system challenged the Welsh government argument that banding played a role in raising school standards.

Chris Keates, general secretary of teaching union the NASUWT, said there was «no evidence that simply changing the status of a school improves standards».

The NASUWT teaching union called for «genuine engagement» with teachers and «recognition of the challenging context in which teachers and schools in Wales are operating».

In a speech to the NAHT teaching union, Mr Lewis said: «I am not proposing to take immediate action, of the type proposed in England, I want schools to do the right thing by their pupils without direction from me.

Rex Philips, Wales organiser for the teaching union NASUWT, said: «Whilst is right that the best and the brightest of our pupils and their teachers should be congratulated for their outstanding achievements at GCSE this year, we should not lose sight of the fact that pupils who achieve a D, E or G may well have excelled themselves.

And Chris Keates, general secretary of the Nasuwt teaching union, said children and young people have an important voice in how their education and school community develops.

The Nasuwt teaching union said putting pupils on an interview panel undermined the authority of teachers.

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 Gonski 2.0 review of education will recommend an evidence - based teaching system for schools, ranking the most successful actions teachers can take to improve student learning — although the main teaching union has warned it will resist any attempt to turn this into a performance league table.

The Ucac teaching union said the figures were «dramatic» and blamed the «out of control» workload as one factor in making the profession less attractive.

A teaching union has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the impact of workload on education staff — as it revealed four in five staff have considered quitting because of their workload.

The NAHT is the latest teaching union to express dismay at the government's education white paper published last month, which would see schools currently maintained by local authorities transferred to become academies by 2022, with many taken over by a multi-academy trust.

Chris Keates, the general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union accused the Liberal Democrats of accepting Conservative policies wholesale.

The general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, Chris Keates, said the research confirmed everything that his organisation had been saying about free schools.

General secretary of the Nasuwt teaching union Chris Keates said the results reflected the «upward trend in standards».

The introduction of new, Wales - only GCSEs in September will lead to the curriculum here becoming overcrowded, a teaching union has warned BBC Wales.

But a teaching union said staff were under «enormous pressure» to deliver, without the promised level of funding.

However, academics also warned that poorer pupils don't benefit from extra reading time unless they are guided by a skilled teacher, and a teaching union claimed schools would struggle to find the extra time in the day.

Owen Hathway from teaching union NUT Cymru welcomed the financial support, but said the project would need to be monitored.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union condemned Mr Andrews for trying to lay the blame on classroom complacency.

General secretary of the NASUWT teaching union Chris Keates said Mr Gove's plans were a «vicious assault» on teachers» commitment and professionalism.

Ian Toone, senior professional officer with the Voice teaching union, points out that this year sees the first set of results of the new - style GCSEs, which are broken down into separate units.

«Inevitably comparisons will be made with the results in other parts of the UK, notably with England,» said Rebecca Williams, policy officer at teaching union Ucac.

But the regional organiser of the teaching union NASUWT Simon Kennedy said money invested in «half empty» free schools could be better spent elsewhere.

General secretary of the NASUWT teaching union Chris Keates accused the government of attempting to mislead the public.

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman «overstepped the mark» in her comments about pupils wearing the hijab, according to a leading teaching union, which plans to issue new guidance on sensitive uniform issues.

The announcement was welcomed by a teaching union, which said it was a big step in the right direction.

Teaching union general secretaries Mary Bousted, of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Brian Lightman, of the Association of School and College Leaders, Russell Hobby, of the National Association of Head Teachers, Christine Blower, of the National Union of Teachers, and Deborah Lawson, of VOICE, all put their names to a strongly worded letter to the two politicians.

Teaching union leaders, teachers and politicians have lambasted Nick Clegg and Nicky Morgan's solution to reduce teachers» workload

A second day of strike action has been cancelled at a Monmouthshire school after a meeting was arranged between the council and a teaching union.

The Nasuwt teaching union says the academy overspent by hiring expensive senior staff and consultants.

Teaching union conferences are filled with anecdotes of heads driven to distraction as they wait for the inspector to call - at very short notice.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, accused the Education Secretary of «showing disregard for parliamentary process» by failing to publish the draft admissions code alongside the Education Bill, which has been debated in the House of Commons in recent weeks.

Schools need a coherent strategy for lockdown procedures in case of a dangerous event taking place on their premises, a teaching union said.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of teaching union ATL, wrote on Twitter: «What about qualification reform?

Elaine Edwards, general secretary of teaching union Ucac, said: «In the wake of the highly politicised GCSE English debacle this year, there is a very serious need to renew the credibility and integrity of the regulatory systems.»

The «Mickey - Mouse practicals» students do under the current A-level system, have nothing to do with «real science», a teaching union conference has heard.

Another main teaching union, the NASUWT, is not taking part in the action.

The NASUWT teaching union warned it was important an isolated exam system wasn't developed «which has no currency outside Wales.»

Teaching union the NUT says it has been inundated with members who are «baffled and quite angry» about a drop in grades in GCSE English language in Wales.

One teaching union I noticed tweeted last night «a wrong righted», a view shared, I'm pretty sure, by the pupils who are going to be collecting their results this morning.

A spokesman for Scotland biggest teaching union, the EIS, said: «Scottish teachers are some of the best qualified in the world, and are held to a particularly high set of professional standards.

More children in England are being taught by unqualified teachers, a teaching union is claiming.

Morgan is the first Conservative education secretary to address a teaching union conference since the 90s, with her predecessor Michael Gove ducking any invitations.

The teaching union, formerly the NUT, will also discuss the difficult funding issues faced by many schools.

Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, has called for a review of all PPP contracts in Scotland, questioning how such significant faults could escape building control scrutiny.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the Nasuwt teaching union, said the fact that low number suggested the public wanted good local schools run by democratically accountable local councils.

The NEU teaching union has been concerned for some time about the gender pay gap in schools.