We are the Croydon district of National Education Union. Representing education workers in London’s greatest borough; fighting for better education everywhere
🚨 TPS 2024 Valuation is here.
Employer contributions will fall significantly from April 2027.
For independent schools — no govt funding = pure saving.
@habsboys@habsgirlsschool
Solidarity to our former convenor and leading labour movement campaigner Alex Kenny. These attacks on free speech and assembly are pathetic, but dangerous. The labour movement must respond robustly.
As the weather starts to get hotter, schools and colleges need to be ready.
The joint union heatwave protocol helps protect staff and pupils and reduce disruption.
Speak to your NEU or health & safety rep to adopt it this term.
Learn more.👇
https://t.co/pGrIqWNlaP
From Saturday, you’ll be able to vote on the government’s 4% teacher pay offer for next year.
👀 Watch out for your email or text with the link.
More info here.👉 https://t.co/3PKvqLb5LM
#FundFairPay#SaveOurSchools
✅ Specialist teachers serving large numbers of children with special educational needs.
✅ Support for children with complex needs.
It is a disgrace that lack of funding for maintained nursery schools mean they are being shut down.
✍️ Tell your MP to stop this. 👉 https://t.co/rhg1W0R2sL
#SaveMNS
📹 Matt O'Brien
After 14 years of cuts, schools are at breaking point. We need investment, not more empty promises.
Join teachers, parents, and campaigners to say enough is enough.
📅 Saturday, 7 June.
📍Portland Place → Whitehall | 🕛 12pm
🎤 Rally with speakers, music & solidarity.
#StopTheCuts
🇵🇸 Palestine is a trade union issue
🪧 Join the trade union bloc on Saturdays' national demonstration
📍 Meet noon, Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment
#Nakba77
Sir Dan Moynihan, CEO of the Harris Federation, still seeming not to include the chain's very-well-remunerated-even-by-MAT-standards central team in the scope of budget cuts, in this TES interview: https://t.co/dKOersQLuZ
Louise O’Hare and Jo Henley have written an excellent analysis about
“Nurseries in schools - Academisation of Early Years”
in EDUCATION OBSERVED Ed by @warwickmansell deserving of the widest possible readership.
Not to be missed.
Speilman's time in charge of Ofsted led us to the position we are in now - no confidence in the inspectorate and universal recognition that Ofsted isn't reliable or trustworthy.
📢 SEND week – a series of free webinars focusing on all aspects of SEND.
📅 12-15 May
Sessions on ADHD, dyslexia, scaffolding, autism and dyscalculia.
Register here👉 https://t.co/qKg7znQTqu
Sign up to access recordings for sessions.
#ValueEducation
NEU reps play a key role in challenging workload issues in the workplace.
Our workload bargaining toolkit offers practical steps and resources to support this work.
While we continue to press Labour for national action, it’s in-school practices that often drive the problem.
🔗 https://t.co/1yo4BAhzsv
#ValueEducation
Well done to everyone who completed SATs this week. Be proud of yourself and remember that these tests don’t define you. You are More Than A Score.
https://t.co/qTIWJBqWMR
📢 SEND week – a series of free webinars focusing on all aspects of SEND.
📅 12-15 May
Sessions on ADHD, dyslexia, scaffolding, autism and dyscalculia.
Register here👉 https://t.co/qKg7znQTqu
Sign up to access recordings for sessions.
#ValueEducation
For too long, pregnant women and new mothers in our schools and colleges have been underpaid, isolated, and undervalued. Too many are leaving the profession or forced back before they’re ready.
Motion on maternity rights and teacher retention passed by annual conference. #NEU2025
Oversea trained teachers (OTT) are essential to our education workforce.
#NEU2025 passed a motion to ensure all educators that chose to live and teach in the UK are supported to the same extent as their UK trained colleagues.
Listen to Sarah Green, a teacher from south-east London, speaking about how we have to fight against the far right to protect our pupils. We must stand up against racism. #NEU2025