Parents working with educators and the community to support our schools and fight for fair funding.
Lewes, England
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Gavin Williamson wants to turn more state schools into academies | Academies | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/20…
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New: DfE’s “try before you buy” academy trust experiences teacher strike at school it has been managing educationuncovered.co.uk/new…
Detailed look at goings-on at Peacehaven Heights primary in E Sussex, which is under heavy influence of the STEP Academy Trust, pre-academisation.
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This will disproportionately affect students from a low income background because they won't be able to pick up the arts in the way that those with means and income can support themselves. It's a way of ensuring that the arts are a reserve of the affluent.
Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities ‘catastrophic’ theguardian.com/education/20…
“Gavin Williamson said the government’s vision is for the school system to continue to move decisively towards a single model built on strong multi-academy trusts as its foundation.”
Drive for MAT school system - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/news/drive…
parentvoice.surveysparrow.co…
Save our Schools have helped to develop this national parent survey about the Department of Education's response to the Covid pandemic. The more parents fill it in, the more accurate a picture of parents’ opinions will be captured.
Tonight! Brighton&Hove NEU are hosting an excellent session tonight on *Recovery: what's best for children and education?* with NEU Joint General Secretary Kevin Courtney, Alison Ali - Save Our Schools, Beatrice Merrick - Early Education: facebook.com/events/77453048….
What Do Those Free School Meals ‘Ration Parcels’ Tell Us About Modern Britain? | HuffPost Life huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/f…
Teachers' access to Covid vaccine up for debate by MPs | Tes tes.com/news/priority-teache…
Advice from the JCVI on priority groups for a Covid-19 vaccine does not include school/childcare workers. Petition calls for these workers, who cannot distance or use PPE, to be put on the vaccine priority list when such a list is adopted into govt policy. petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Exclusive: Teacher Covid rates up to 333% above average | Tes tes.com/news/exclusive-teach…
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Breaking news. Please read and share.
The pandemic is worsening hour by hour. @NEUnion has called an emergency executive meeting tomorrow. We will then issue new, urgent advice regarding the proposed opening of primary schools on 4 Jan. These developments will affect those returning to work on Monday #MakeSchoolsSafe
Dame Rachel de Souza set to be next children's commissioner | Tes tes.com/news/rachel-de-souza…
Free school meals: 200 children's authors condemn government | Education | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/20…
Michael Rosen on his Covid-19 coma: ‘It felt like a pre-death, a nothingness’ | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2020/s…
Very useful indeed; thanks @LewesCvirus for sharing 🙏
schoolcovidmap.org.uk aims to make coronavirus data easily available to parents and staff.
Help our campaign keep schools safe by sharing details of our website, contacting your MP through the site’s email action, and sharing our demands for greater safety in schools.
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Dictionary discovery of the day: ‘empleomania’ (19th century) is the manic desire to hold public office, at whatever cost.
