Joe Wicks has been ‘tipped to lead new government physical education curriculum to help combat childhood obesity in the UK’ By Roxy Simons and Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 01:54 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 04:18 BST, 31 May 2020 Joe Wicks has allegedly been chosen to lead a new physical education curriculum on … Read more
Militant leaders of the National Education Union make it clear they will stop at nothing to prevent schools opening on June 1, using often spurious claims about ‘elf ’n’ safety’ and filing a list of 169 sometimes ludicrous demands to be met before they will consider a return. This is despite widespread fears of the … Read more
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson ditches plans to cut long summer school holidays due to ‘fierce union opposition’ Gavin Williamson wanted to scrap long summer holidays for summer camps He told friends that pressure from unions forced him to scrap his radical plans Teaching union NEU may be prepared to discuss general re-opening of schools By … Read more
The British Medical Association has done a U-turn on its support for the teaching unions and said schools should reopen if it is safe to do so. Last night a final decision on whether to reopen schools on June 1 was left hanging in the balance after discussions between Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and the … Read more
Schools should reopen if it is safe to do so, the British Medical Association has said, in an effort to row back from support they threw to the teaching unions. Last night a final decision on whether to reopen schools on June 1 was left hanging in the balance after discussions between Education Secretary Gavin … Read more
Union chiefs are now warning teachers it will ‘not be safe’ to mark pupils’ books when schools reopen, while casting yet more doubt on the government’s plans to bring children back to primary schools next month. Staff who are members of the UK biggest teaching union will be told to go through a 20-page checklist with … Read more
Teaching unions look set once again to clash with the government over plans to reopen schools next month, with one union chief today raising fears that classrooms could become ‘centres of transmission’ for Covid-19. Paul Whiteman, head of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said the government must lay out the level of risk … Read more
Britain’s head teachers’ union has backed plans for schools to reopen on June 1 following meetings with key government advisers. The Association of School and College Leaders claim teachers were no more at risk than any other profession heading back to work as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. The National Association of Head Teachers said it would … Read more
The wartime President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt, once proclaimed that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. And at this critical moment, nothing could be more true – not least when it comes to the inflammatory debate about whether or not some primary-aged children should return to the classroom … Read more
Special ‘catch-up summer camps’ could be set up in the school holidays as Education Secretary Gavin Williamson hints at other ‘initiatives’ Pupils could be sent on special ‘summer camps’ to receive missed tuition Education Secretary hints of ‘initiatives’ to be rolled out during the summer Gavin Williamson outlined his plans for a phased school reopening from … Read more