It’s time to make your voice heard!
Executive elections are LIVE — don’t forget to cast your vote for your district and equalities stand.
Head to your post box now and get those ballots in! Every vote counts.
#NEU2025 #YourVoiceYourVote #EqualityMatters #NEUElections #UnionStrong
Executive elections are LIVE — don’t forget to cast your vote for your district and equalities stand.
Head to your post box now and get those ballots in! Every vote counts.
#NEU2025 #YourVoiceYourVote #EqualityMatters #NEUElections #UnionStrong
April 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
It’s time to make your voice heard!
Executive elections are LIVE — don’t forget to cast your vote for your district and equalities stand.
Head to your post box now and get those ballots in! Every vote counts.
#NEU2025 #YourVoiceYourVote #EqualityMatters #NEUElections #UnionStrong
Executive elections are LIVE — don’t forget to cast your vote for your district and equalities stand.
Head to your post box now and get those ballots in! Every vote counts.
#NEU2025 #YourVoiceYourVote #EqualityMatters #NEUElections #UnionStrong
@neunion.bsky.social #NEU2025 Conference votes overwhelmingly to #StandWithUkraine ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/04/18/b...
Breakthrough: conference of big education union NEU votes overwhelmingly for solidarity with Ukraine
Above: City of York NEU’s Mike Kearney, returned from visiting educators and other trade unionists and socialists in Ukraine the day before the conference, speaking for motion 35 In a major g…
ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@neunion.bsky.social #NEU2025 Conference votes overwhelmingly to #StandWithUkraine ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/04/18/b...
The NEU opposes the exploitation of support staff, including cover supervisors, in being made to do the work of a teacher. 73% told us they are forced to engage in specified work – beyond their contract – and 75% consider it to be effectively the work of a supply teacher. #NEU2025
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April 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The NEU opposes the exploitation of support staff, including cover supervisors, in being made to do the work of a teacher. 73% told us they are forced to engage in specified work – beyond their contract – and 75% consider it to be effectively the work of a supply teacher. #NEU2025
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75.5% of our support staff members said their workload had increased in the past year. In the same period, 57% reported that support staff numbers at their school had reduced, according to a recent survey. #NEU2025
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April 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
75.5% of our support staff members said their workload had increased in the past year. In the same period, 57% reported that support staff numbers at their school had reduced, according to a recent survey. #NEU2025
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MAT leaders' salaries in the hundreds of thousands of pounds are a ‘scandal’, says @neunion.bsky.social general secretary Daniel Kebede, calling for the introduction of salary caps #NEU2025
NEU demands salary caps to rein in ‘scandalous’ CEO pay
Leader of the biggest teachers’ union also warns it will make Labour pay a ‘high political price’ if there is no significant improvement in teacher pay
www.tes.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
MAT leaders' salaries in the hundreds of thousands of pounds are a ‘scandal’, says @neunion.bsky.social general secretary Daniel Kebede, calling for the introduction of salary caps #NEU2025
Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of school support staff and over half of the teachers responding to our survey told us they personally provide and pay for extra food for pupils. Around two thirds of school leaders (68 per cent) said the same. #NEU2025 🔗 bit.ly/3EpI8fe
April 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of school support staff and over half of the teachers responding to our survey told us they personally provide and pay for extra food for pupils. Around two thirds of school leaders (68 per cent) said the same. #NEU2025 🔗 bit.ly/3EpI8fe
The demands of support staff on their time beyond contracted hours, and the impact of staff losses at their school or setting. 74% told us in a recent survey that their workload demands it. 30% put it down to a reduction in staffing at their place of work. #NEU2025
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April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The demands of support staff on their time beyond contracted hours, and the impact of staff losses at their school or setting. 74% told us in a recent survey that their workload demands it. 30% put it down to a reduction in staffing at their place of work. #NEU2025
🔗 bit.ly/3ECboPQ
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In a recent survey of over 3,000 NEU support staff members working in state schools and academies in England and Wales, 72% of support staff members told us that they work in excess of their contracted hours. Just 1 in 7 are paid for those extra hours. #NEU2025
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April 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In a recent survey of over 3,000 NEU support staff members working in state schools and academies in England and Wales, 72% of support staff members told us that they work in excess of their contracted hours. Just 1 in 7 are paid for those extra hours. #NEU2025
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Most teachers are seeing pupils showing signs of hunger and fatigue linked to poverty, @neunion.bsky.social research warns #NEU2025
Most teachers see pupils showing signs of hunger
The government must take action ‘in the face of high and rising rates of child poverty’, says the NEU in response to its own research
www.tes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Most teachers are seeing pupils showing signs of hunger and fatigue linked to poverty, @neunion.bsky.social research warns #NEU2025
Cheers then Harrogate and #NEU2025. Now off to Liverpool for @nasuwt-official.bsky.social conference!
April 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Cheers then Harrogate and #NEU2025. Now off to Liverpool for @nasuwt-official.bsky.social conference!
“We are a union, with a high moral purpose, united in our shared desire to improve education for every child, in every classroom.
“We are a union that stands up for what is right, when it’s right.”
#NEU2025 🧵17 / 17
“We are a union that stands up for what is right, when it’s right.”
#NEU2025 🧵17 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“We are a union, with a high moral purpose, united in our shared desire to improve education for every child, in every classroom.
“We are a union that stands up for what is right, when it’s right.”
#NEU2025 🧵17 / 17
“We are a union that stands up for what is right, when it’s right.”
#NEU2025 🧵17 / 17
“We are in a safeguarding crisis. And it is being fuelled by tech companies that prioritise profits over people, engagement over ethics, and algorithms over accountability.”
#NEU2025 🧵16 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵16 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“We are in a safeguarding crisis. And it is being fuelled by tech companies that prioritise profits over people, engagement over ethics, and algorithms over accountability.”
#NEU2025 🧵16 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵16 / 17
“The NEU has always been, and must always be, a union built on solidarity.
Our strength lies in our ability to bring together – teachers, leaders, support staff, and educators from all backgrounds.”
#NEU2025 🧵15 / 17
Our strength lies in our ability to bring together – teachers, leaders, support staff, and educators from all backgrounds.”
#NEU2025 🧵15 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“The NEU has always been, and must always be, a union built on solidarity.
Our strength lies in our ability to bring together – teachers, leaders, support staff, and educators from all backgrounds.”
#NEU2025 🧵15 / 17
Our strength lies in our ability to bring together – teachers, leaders, support staff, and educators from all backgrounds.”
#NEU2025 🧵15 / 17
“We will not allow the populist or hard-right to dictate what we teach, how we teach, or who gets access to a quality education.”
#NEU2025 🧵14 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵14 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“We will not allow the populist or hard-right to dictate what we teach, how we teach, or who gets access to a quality education.”
#NEU2025 🧵14 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵14 / 17
“We stand with our sisters and brothers as they resist Trump’s reactionary agenda. Their fight is our fight. An injury to one is an injury to all.”
#NEU2025 🧵13 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵13 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“We stand with our sisters and brothers as they resist Trump’s reactionary agenda. Their fight is our fight. An injury to one is an injury to all.”
#NEU2025 🧵13 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵13 / 17
“If there is money for bombs, for bullets, for hypersonic missiles then there should be money for carers, for those unable to work and for free school meals.”
#NEU2025 🧵12 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵12 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“If there is money for bombs, for bullets, for hypersonic missiles then there should be money for carers, for those unable to work and for free school meals.”
#NEU2025 🧵12 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵12 / 17
“No teacher wants to strike. But we stand ready. The problems of tomorrow can be solved today.
“The refusal to commit to fund fair pay and the wider funding of education is not just a policy failing – it is a betrayal.”
#NEU2025 🧵11 / 17
“The refusal to commit to fund fair pay and the wider funding of education is not just a policy failing – it is a betrayal.”
#NEU2025 🧵11 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“No teacher wants to strike. But we stand ready. The problems of tomorrow can be solved today.
“The refusal to commit to fund fair pay and the wider funding of education is not just a policy failing – it is a betrayal.”
#NEU2025 🧵11 / 17
“The refusal to commit to fund fair pay and the wider funding of education is not just a policy failing – it is a betrayal.”
#NEU2025 🧵11 / 17
“So, my message is this. If the STRB is not above inflation – if it does not address the crisis in recruitment and retention – and unless it is fully funded, then we stand ready to act industrially.”
#NEU2025 🧵10 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵10 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“So, my message is this. If the STRB is not above inflation – if it does not address the crisis in recruitment and retention – and unless it is fully funded, then we stand ready to act industrially.”
#NEU2025 🧵10 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵10 / 17
“Government say it would be indefensible for the NEU to take industrial action. Well, I say to this government, it is indefensible for a Labour Government, a Labour Government, to cut school funding. Because cuts hurt kids.”
#NEU2025 🧵9 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵9 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Government say it would be indefensible for the NEU to take industrial action. Well, I say to this government, it is indefensible for a Labour Government, a Labour Government, to cut school funding. Because cuts hurt kids.”
#NEU2025 🧵9 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵9 / 17
“Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves may say austerity is over, but in this union, we say austerity will only be ended by deeds not words.”
#NEU2025 🧵8 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵8 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves may say austerity is over, but in this union, we say austerity will only be ended by deeds not words.”
#NEU2025 🧵8 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵8 / 17
“This year we’ve seen the launch of our Arts and Minds campaign. The arts must be available in every school for every single child to learn and to enjoy.”
#NEU2025 🧵7 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵7 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“This year we’ve seen the launch of our Arts and Minds campaign. The arts must be available in every school for every single child to learn and to enjoy.”
#NEU2025 🧵7 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵7 / 17
“Conference, we know – as professionals – that accountability measures and league tables are not the way to improve the life chances of our kids. Ofsted is only effective at measuring poverty.”
#NEU2025 🧵6 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵6 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Conference, we know – as professionals – that accountability measures and league tables are not the way to improve the life chances of our kids. Ofsted is only effective at measuring poverty.”
#NEU2025 🧵6 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵6 / 17
“While schools struggle to afford basic resources, whilst support staff are being paid poverty wages, and whilst teachers are leaving the profession in droves, some academy CEOs are cashing in. This is not just an injustice; it is a scandal.”
#NEU2025 🧵5 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵5 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“While schools struggle to afford basic resources, whilst support staff are being paid poverty wages, and whilst teachers are leaving the profession in droves, some academy CEOs are cashing in. This is not just an injustice; it is a scandal.”
#NEU2025 🧵5 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵5 / 17
“I cannot tell you how proud I am of the reps and members across the Harris Federation who this year organised against hostile management to build a successful strike ballot.”
#NEU2025 🧵4 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵4 / 17
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“I cannot tell you how proud I am of the reps and members across the Harris Federation who this year organised against hostile management to build a successful strike ballot.”
#NEU2025 🧵4 / 17
#NEU2025 🧵4 / 17