Hackney NEU

The Hackney branch of the NEU has over 2000 members. We defend comprehensive and inclusive state education and oppose privatisation and selection

[Hackney Independent Socialist Collective @HackneyIndSG]

Staff and parents from St Dominic's in #Hackney take their case to Westminster today to save their school. A brilliant move because ultimately the government has to change the funding formula, which penalises small schools the moment a class size drops below 30. @HackneyNEU

[Socialist Worker @socialistworker]

St Dominic's school teachers and parents rally outside the Department of Education in London striking against school closures in Hackney 💥 @HackneyNEU @NEUnion #SaveOurSchools

[Hackney Independent Socialist Collective @HackneyIndSG]

Out this morning supporting the St Dominic's school community in #Hackney as they fight to save their school. The plans should be paused pending the area-approach to falling rolls the council is adopting next year. #HackneyNEU #SaveOurSchools https://t.co/mjMfUpZwvj

[HackneySWP @HackneySwp]

@cyclingkev speaks at today's @HackneyNEU picket at St Dominic's Catholic Primary School, Homerton E9 - one of 4 schools in the borough @hackneycouncil want to close. @UKLabour are "listening" to non-doms but not to children, parents or the @NEUnion.
Fight to
#SaveOurSchools

[Hackney NEU @HackneyNEU]

It was great to have @DanielKebedeNEU join our picket line today supporting members and community supporters who are fighting to save their much loved school.

We are losing too many London schools. Change the funding formula, lower class sizes and sort austerity out!

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

Proud to be standing with members at St Dominic's Primary School in Hackney today.

This and 3 other schools in the borough face closure due to a declining pupil role.

Gentrification and high living costs have meant London has been at the sharp edge of this crisis.

However, a record low birth rate means this could soon be happening to a school near you anywhere in 🇬🇧.

This year is the first year when there has been fewer pupils in our schools.

Once these schools are closed, the community resource is lost for ever.

We currently have the highest class sizes in Europe with 1,000,000 being taught in class sizes of 31 or more.

Government should invest in education and our children - and instead of allowing school closures, use this as an opportunity to bring class sizes down closer to a european average.

Class sizes of 20 are a good thing! Save our schools!

[ginger menace ✊🏽✊🏾🚩🇵🇸 @thegingermenace]

Hackney Council, stop the closures of our primary schools! #Hackney signatures needed! @HackneyIndSG @hackneygreens @CoffeeAfrique @HackneyNEU @HackneyUNISON @HackneyMuslims @SaveHillsideN16 @Save_Fernbank @SENDcrisisHack @unisonhcc @eeSistersUncut https://t.co/pUYVzS0hF6

[Stop School Cuts @SchoolCuts]

⚠️ This week, the Department for Education proposed an unfunded 2.8% pay rise for teachers.

Make no mistake: this means further cuts for our schools.

This unfunded expense will throw a wrecking ball into many school budgets.

Here’s why: ⬇️

[Claudia Turbet-Delof | People before Profit @madeinbolivia]

#HACKNEY A long list of identified savings = cuts to local public services within Public Health for our borough.

Local authorities are absolutely pushed and been so for 14 yrs- no one denies that. But "these difficult decisions" can be avoided if the #Labour central govt was truly for the people.
A #WealthTax could generate income to cover these costs instead of depriving residents from their essential healthcare services.

LONG LIST OF CONFIRMED & EXPECTED PUBLIC HEALTH CUTS #HACKNEY 24/27:

❌ Community Wellbeing Team £170,000
❌ Pause £5,000
❌ Young Persons’(YP) Sexual
Health £312,000
❌ Young Persons’ Smoking
Cessation £5,000
❌Infection Prevention & Control £44,000
❌ Tobacco control £93,000
❌ Mental health awareness £25,000
❌ Mental health wellbeing
network £500,000
❌ Health Early Years £23,000
❌ IRIS £50,000
❌ Healthy weight £159,000
❌ Physical activity £85,000 (incl Falls Prevention Service)
❌ Community engagement &
co-production £25,000
❌ Primary Care enhanced sexual
health £50,000
❌ CEG enhanced services
support contract £20,000
❌ Open Doors £50,000
❌ Out of area sexual health cross
charging £200,000
❌ Substance use £175,000
Young Hackney Redesign £75,000
❌ Oral Health £40,000
❌ Welfare advice in health
settings £120,000

Total identified savings £2,226,000

£750,000 of savings yet to be identified.

[NSSN @NSSN_AntiCuts]

#NSSN standing in #solidarity with members of @NEUnion on #strike at Sixth Form Colleges & localised action #PayUp24

[Strike Map @strike_map]

Today, we joined our affiliate, @wforest_neu, training day for reps.

Powerful to hear from reps about the strike action happening across the branch.

Every rep was given a copy of our latest pamphlet with @Manifesto_Press - A Manual Of Industrial Unionism.

Order yours here: https://t.co/bInnyhOYnj

#StrikeMap #IndustrialUnionism #Workers #Reps #Unions

[NSSN @NSSN_AntiCuts]

#NSSN supporting @HackneyNEU #strike at #Haggerston School @NEUnion

[Socialist Worker @socialistworker]

"Start negotiating, stop bullying teachers and stop trying to change the culture of this very special college"— @HackneyNEU union secretary explains why BSix sixth form teachers are out on strike 🔥

@NEUnion

[SaveFernbankNursery @Save_Fernbank]

HUGE NEWS!! @hackneycouncil have conceded that the consultation on Children’s Centre closures was *unlawful* so WE WON OUR CASE!!🎉

THANK YOU to all our supporters for helping us to achieve this huge victory! And to our legal team💪🏻 @ris_law @SteveBroach

https://t.co/xteTiD8l15

[rob kelsall @rob_kelsall]

The school leaders union @NAHTnews will be there supporting this event.

We must all stand-up to Racism wherever it exists.

#StandUpToRacism

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

Parents have a clear message for the Chancellor:

⚠️Stop School Cuts

The @SchoolCuts campaign took that message to Downing St, delivering an open letter signed by 10,000 parents. #StopSchoolCuts

Want to add a comment? There's still time 👇

https://t.co/15o7bCW6Lt

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

Today, accompanied by the fantastic staff at Wood End Infant & Pre-School in Milton Keynes, the children & staff from St Dominics in Hackney - we delivered a petition signed by 10,000 parents to the Chancellor calling for her to reverse school cuts.

Our ad vans have also been patrolling Westminster today with a clear ask...

Rachel Reeves will you commit to restoring school funding to 2010 levels?

[Liam D @liamzud]

Hackney council seems intent pushing through cuts w/ online tickbox consultations, ignoring residents, while their own party runs Gov.

They’ll then ask for your vote in 2026.

Residents, parents, teachers, youth, council workers - they’ll all remember when that time comes.

[Hackney NEU @HackneyNEU]

Hackney teachers warn borough will end up 'childless' as more schools face closure. Teachers and parents describe the devastating impact school closures will have on its community. #SaveOurSchools #NoToClosures

https://t.co/RxPsHxCaHK

[Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen]

‘Enormous opposition’: Teachers’ union urges council to listen during school closures consultation

#Hackney #schools #education @NELondonLDR @HackneyNEU

https://t.co/9rZO6UKCAD

[Hackney NEU @HackneyNEU]

@hackneycouncil want to close more of our community schools.
As you can imagine, educators, parents and children are upset by this and wanted to let you know how they feel.

A Labour council should be fighting for better funding and smaller class sizes. Not school closures.