News archive for 21st April 2019

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Easter Sats revision classes 'a growing trend' - BBC University World News - UK and global edition: week ending 21st April 2019 - University World News Children stuck in Sats revision classes during Easter holidays - Independent Violent 'Teflon kids' who abuse and threaten teachers could trigger staff walkouts - Mirror Year 6 pupils spend Easter at school cramming for Sats - Guardian 'Unrealistic' pension age condemned - NASUWT Teachers and pupils pay a high price for high stakes accountability - NASUWT 'Nomadic' teachers subject to additional stress - NASUWT Implementation of new curriculum 'fundamentally flawed' - NASUWT Teachers electronically tethered to their classrooms - NASUWT Children spending Easter holidays revising for Sats, says union - Mail 'Upskirting' pictures of teachers are being taken by pupils as young as 11, union boss warns - Telegraph 'Upskirting' pictures of teachers are being taken by pupils as young as 11, union boss warns - Telegraph Seven-year-old boy threatened to stab pregnant teacher in stomach  as union warns of rise in pupil violence - Telegraph Female teachers need protection from sexual harassment, says union - Guardian More female teachers report upskirting, says union - BBC Children as young as 11 are upskirting teachers as reports in schools grow, union leader says - Independent 24/7 teachers hounded by emails from parents - Scotsman Growth in ‘ill-considered’ Easter cramming sessions - Times Educational Supplement | TES ‘As a teacher, it’s impossible to plan a family holiday’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'We need an 'arts premium' in schools' - Times Educational Supplement | TES School funding cuts 'driving increased pupil violence' - Times Educational Supplement | TES We don’t become teachers to achieve ‘status’ - Times Educational Supplement | TES Scrapping Sats could increase teacher workload, warns union - Times Educational Supplement | TES International graduates - Russell Group Messaging apps ‘expose teachers to aggression from parents’ - Guardian Aggressive parents are demanding teachers email and message them on apps 24/7, survey suggests - Independent This much I know about…how the budget squeeze is forcing school leaders to gamble - JohnTomsett Three ways you are underperforming as a teacher - UKEdChat Will your school join the playground challenge? - Teacher Toolkit Education Secretary sets out the importance of testing in primary school - DfE Teachers upskirted by 11-year-olds, union warns - Times Oxford among top ‘gagging’ universities - Times School heads to back lessons on climate action - Times Teachers’ leader campaigning for equal pay slammed over huge pay gap in her own union - The Sun Pushy parents 'sending increasingly aggressive emails' to teachers - Telegraph Emma Thompson: my fight to end Easter holiday hunger for 4m British schoolchildren - Times