North Tyneside NEU

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[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

✊ We will not accept a partially funded pay award.

​Forcing schools to foot the bill for pay rises out of already depleted budgets will only deepen the crisis in education. Our children deserve better.

​We need to decide our next steps together.

This Saturday, we are launching a member poll to determine how we move toward a formal ballot for industrial action.

​🗳️ The poll opens this Saturday and is live for ONE WEEK ONLY.

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

The governments starting point:
- 6.5% over 3 years.
- 1265 "reviewed"
- pay award to be funded entirely from existing budgets

From here we engaged in an indicative ballot. (90% yes for action)

The governments current position:
- 3.5% this year. 3% next year.
- 1265 remains.
- Schools to fund £460m collectively. (Make cuts to jobs/resources)

Tomorrow we begin polling members on this current position.

[Big Tech's Little Victims @BTLV_UK]

We're a campaign powered by @NEUnion, backed by a coalition of organisations supporting us on our mission to raise the age of social media access from 13 to 16 and protect children from Big Tech.

Join the campaign and sign our open letter: https://t.co/klOFE6vI9I

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

📅 NEU reps, save the date!

The NEU national reps' conference is back – join us in Manchester on 20–21 September.

Over the weekend, we’ll launch our strategy for the year ahead and focus on your role as a rep in delivering it in the workplace.

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/oK8bod1pFg

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

A pay rise that isn’t fully funded means schools will have to meet the shortfall from already overstretched budgets, leading to cuts to vital services. The NEU will campaign to make sure government invests in education. #FundFairPay #SaveOurSchools

🔗 https://t.co/19vr5Jtbp6

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

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

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

🎉CAMPAIGN WIN! Thanks to all our members who've been tirelessly calling for #FreeSchoolMealsForAll. Over half a million more children will now get the meals they need. This historic expansion reflects the dedication of teachers, leaders & support staff.
https://t.co/gzKJ3MAwmB

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

📢 NEU workplace reps – we need your help!

Every term, as part of our bargaining calendar we call on reps to simultaneously raise the same issue at their workplace – this term’s focus is workload.

Raising the same issue together builds the collective strength we need to win systemic change.

Start planning your summer term workload action now. 👉 https://t.co/TnMS6t7h2t

#ValueEducation

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

Too many children are locked out of studying arts and creative subjects at school.

The @NEUnion is working with the @ArtsMindsCmpgn to ask the Government to make space for the arts.

Join us - sign the open letter 👉https://t.co/w95mJE9tht

[North Tyneside NEU @NTynesideNEU]

We are very much with Kristian on this one.
Vote now 👉 https://t.co/f9uLT03A9p
#FundFairPay #SaveOurSchools

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

Kristian has been a dedicated teacher for 21 years.

Years without a decent pay rise have led to more and more sacrifices. Watch Kristian on what the effects an unfunded pay rise would have on teaching, his life, and his family:

Vote now 👉 https://t.co/HBTsM148gK

#FundFairPay #SaveOurSchools

Shot by Mélinée Dufour

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

🤔 Time to set the record straight!
✔️ Lack of classroom resources.
✔️ Not enough new teachers.

And the government’s solution? An unfunded 2.8% pay rise, leaving 76% of primaries and 94% of secondaries unable to cover costs next year.

Vote now👉 https://t.co/3PKvqLb5LM… h

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

This #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re spotlighting our #MaternityMatters resources.

Our members have shared their challenges during and after pregnancy while working in nurseries, schools, and colleges.

The NEU is here to support you – from pregnancy to returning to work.

Find out more.👉 https://t.co/UZf6KJKROJ

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

📢 Join the national Zoom call to launch our preliminary ballot on pay and funding today at 5pm..

Together, let's send a clear message to the government to #FundFairPay and #SaveOurSchools.

Register now. 👇
https://t.co/jORjLIMjGb

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

Unfunded pay rises harm staff and students.

Our indicative ballot, launching on 1st March, is your chance to send a clear message to the government: fund fair pay and invest in our schools.

Talk to your colleagues. Check your details. Get ready to vote: https://t.co/lnde2H4tbZ

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

An 🐘 in the room here.

Starmer is gearing up to be the first Labour PM since Callaghan to get schools to make cuts.

Pigs don't get fatter the more you weigh them. Its not inspection that improves schools.

We need investment rather than being asked to make "efficiencies"

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

We all want to see an improving school system, but Ofsted's new report card wont deliver it:

1) Pigs don't get fatter the more you weigh them!

It's not inspection that leads to school improvement. To improve education it requires investment and working with schools over time.

2) The new framework will make things worse not better.

@Ofstednews were tasked with creating a system of inspection that reduced pressure on the school system. 8 areas of measurement and a 5 point scale creates 40 areas of judgement. The Nandos style colour coding will be more brutal than a single-phrase judgement.

3) Ofsted judgements are already unreliable, they will be even more so...

8 areas of measurement, to take place in a 2-day inspection is a nonsense.

40% of the attainment gap starts before a child enters school. The criteria that disadvantaged children are achieving the same as their peers will lead to more of the same.... schools in deprived areas getting poor judgements even if they making excellent progress.

4) The Big Listen was Big Spin!

Ofsted is incapable of reforming itself. They claim to have listened to the profession, but it clearly went in one ear and out the other.

Their own whistleblowers say this has been rushed.

It is toxic and discredited organisation - it will take more than changing a chief inspector to change.

It needs to go.

[North Tyneside NEU @NTynesideNEU]

The NEU Social Linktree is an amazing shortcut - https://t.co/2ZgIagVBaN

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

Rising costs + an unfunded teacher pay rise = a budget disaster for thousands of schools. Chancellor @RachelReevesMP must change course and invest in education now.

Email your MP👉 https://t.co/F9bdyb9d0Y

[North Tyneside NEU @NTynesideNEU]

Chancellor Reeves is forcing 76% of primary schools and 94% of secondary schools to make cuts this year.

✍️ I’ve emailed my MP to write to Chancellor Reeves to stop any new school cuts.

➡️ Can you e-mail yours?

https://t.co/ZF30KFXV9g

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

📢 Teaching and Learning Week – Free Online @NEU_CPD

📅 20-23 January

✨ What’s on offer?
▶️Leadership masterclass: leading change.
▶️The pedagogy of play.
▶️Support staff: strategies for reading and study skills.

✍️ Register now👉 https://t.co/wJS8jlvmwK
#ValueEducation