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Christine Blower

April 2016

  • Jeremy Hunt To Impose New Contract On Junior Doctors<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 11: Junior Doctors protest outside the Department of Health at the Government's intention to impose new contracts on February 11, 2016 in London, England. After negotiations between the Government and the British Medical Association lasting four years failed to reach an agreement, Jeremy Hunt has announced in the House of Commons that new contracts would be imposed on Junior Doctors from August 1st 2016. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    Teachers and doctors should invoke the spirit of 1919 and strike together

    Ellie Mae O'Hagan
    The NUT’s general secretary has raised the possibility of coordinated action. It may be the only way to fight an intransigent government

March 2016

  • Christine Blower is congratulated by Jeremy Corbyn after her speech at the National Union of Teachers annual conference.

    NUT chief calls on teachers to unite in opposition to Tory plans

  • National Union of Teachers flag at conference

    Teachers back motion calling for Prevent strategy to be scrapped

April 2015

  • A boy carrying a flag for the National Union of Teachers during a strike in Bradford last year. The union has discussed ‘joint working’ with the ATL.

    Teachers' 'super-union' a possibility as NUT and ATL discuss collaboration

  • Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers.

    Teachers don't like the Tories – so why isn't Labour benefiting?

December 2014

  • David Laws

    Non-native English speaking pupils perform best in primary tests

    Native speakers in London outperformed in standardised tests while more schools meet or beat government targets nationally

September 2014

  • Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says pupils’ disruptive classroom behaviour is taking up teaching time

    Headteachers too soft on unruly pupils, says Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw

    Angry response from teaching unions as report says an hour’s teaching a day is lost to disruptive behaviour in classrooms

July 2014

  • Unison are one of several public sector unions calling their members out on strike.

    One million public sector workers prepare for nationwide strike

  • The PM attacked the NUT for calling a strike based on a two-year-old ballot.

    NUT action shows need for time-limited strike ballots, says PM

June 2014

  • Michael Wilshaw

    Ofsted chief's suggestion that errant parents should be fined not welcomed

    Sir Michael Wilshaw thinks heads should have power to fine parents who fail to attend school meetings or oversee homework

April 2014

  • David Blunkett

    Blunkett school plans 'could end Balkanisation of education'

  • Christine Blower, the NUT's general secretary

    Teachers vote on strike action at NUT conference as anger erupts

October 2013

  • GCSE table assessment shakeup

    Huge GCSE table shakeup to end 'perverse incentive', coalition says

    Pupils to be measured across eight subjects and attainment in exams at 16 benchmarked against achievement forecast at 11

September 2013

  • Children eating school meals

    Free school meals policy gets lukewarm reception from educationalists

    While few doubt benefits of policy, questions remain over whether money could be better spent elsewhere

August 2013

  • More students sitting exams early

    GCSE exam results in England could be distorted by early and multiple entries

    Ofqual says results will reflect flood of younger pupils taking GCSEs year early, plus pupils sitting exams with several boards

May 2013

  • Child reading with adult

    Phonics literacy test for young children 'a waste of time and money'

    Test would have minimal, if any, long-term impact on pupils' standards of reading and writing, research shows

March 2013

  • Michael Gove

    Teaching union conference season – will Gove fare better than Blunkett?

    Jessica Shepherd
    Labour's education spokesman spent half an hour trapped in an office in 1995, but Gove will avoid that fate by not being there

May 2012

  • Sir Michael Wilshaw

    Teachers don't know what stress is, says Ofsted chief

    Teachers' standoff with chief inspector of schools deepens as Sir Michael Wilshaw says they need to 'roll up their sleeves'

April 2012

  • Christine Blower

    National Union of Teachers leader attacks free school 'vanity projects'

    NUT claims government has spent £337m in support of its policy on academies and free schools in less than two years

November 2011

  • Christine Blower

    Teachers' strike: union threatens further action if reforms go ahead

    Christine Blower of NUT says ministers cannot expect to weather storm without reconsidering pensions changes
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