Tag Archives: schools
Action taking place on Academies
‘Hands off Bournville School – Say No to Academy Status’ were out on the campaign trail this morning at Selly Oak Festival. Managing to get a stall after a last-minute cancellation, we weathered the wind and rain with the help … Continue reading
Teachers vote YES to strike
Teachers in the NUT and ATL unions have voted in favour of taking strike action over changes to pensions. 92% of NUT and 83% of ATL members voted yes – a huge mandate for action, especially for ATL, which has … Continue reading
Filed under Cuts, Stockland Green Against the Cuts, strike
Education workers balloting for strikes
Over the past 2 weeks, the teaching unions – NUT, NASUWT and ATL – have held their national conferences, against a backdrop of “ringfenced” school budgets which actually means real-terms reductions in funding, cuts in the building maintenance grant of … Continue reading
80% cut in funding for Birmingham schools for minor capital repairs and refurbishments
Much of the attention of the coalition government’s funding of English maintained schools has focused on the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future programme. Almost no attention has been focused on another aspect of capital funding that will … Continue reading
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Report from Alliance against Birmingham Academies
Tuesday 11 January. Richard Hatcher spoke with powerpoint presentation to meeting of around 25 governors of the Four Oaks cluster of 9 primary schools at Hill West primary, organised by the head, Beth Clarke. Wednesday 12 January. About a dozen … Continue reading
Save EMA Birmingham Jan 11th
To coincide with the vote on EMA in parliament, Stop Fees and Cuts Birmingham have called for people to write to their MP and councillors to help to prevent EMA – a means-tested payment made to students in Further Education … Continue reading
