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Jul 8 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Ahead of the #BigMeeting the @NASUWT is hosting a packed meeting with members in Durham with @PatrickR_NASUWT and @AngelaRayner. #Betterdealforteachers
Patrick Roach said it was vitally important to create a fair and just funding system for education. "There is a big question about funding in schools. There is a lack of joined up services and specialist support for families and children. It has been hollowed out."
He said schools were doing everything they could but had to "always look behind them" over Ofsted, over constant reform and threats of academisation.
Angela Rayner said there needed to be greater respect for teachers: "The lack of respect for the profession is a very dangerous track to go down."
Turning to how the system can treat children with SEN, including her own child, she said: "None of us want to see our children with low self esteem, feeling they are not good enough but that is what this government is doing with their reforms."
Patrick Roach said it was "scandalous" that teacher pay was being held back while academy chain heads were pocketing enormous six-figure salaries.
Angela Rayner added: "It is an audacity to keep teacher pay down...the amount of fraud we are seeing in some academies and free schools is a disgrace."

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Our General Secretary @PatrickR_NASUWT is due on @BBCNewsChannel at around 3pm to discuss school safety & the new term
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Dec 28, 2020
We've called on the Government to reassess the plans for the start of term in light of the increased risks posed by the new variant of the virus.
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1. Permit schools to move to remote learning for all pupils, except those deemed to be vulnerable or the children of key workers, in the highest tier areas
2. Publish new safety guidance for schools in light of the increased risk posed by the variant
3. Delay the return of pupils in January to enable schools to undertake new risk assessments and ensure they are compliant with any new measures in the revised guidance
4. Introduce mandatory wearing of face coverings within school buildings
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NASUWT responds to the comments made by @GavinWilliamson on schools reopening at today's Government Coronavirus briefing nasuwt.org.uk/article-listin…
@GavinWilliamson The NASUWT welcomes commitment from @GavinWilliamson to discuss a way forward which will help to ensure that schools can reopen safely to more children. It is urgently important that Government provides the necessary assurances that teachers are seeking
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May 15, 2020
Today's meeting with the government's scientific advisors on the plans for the reopening of schools raised more questions than answers.
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No information was provided to change the widely held view that the evidence base for opening schools from 1 June is weak.
No evidence was provided at the meeting and there was no clarity about when it will be provided by SAGE.
No confirmation was provided that teachers are at low risk of catching the virus following the wider opening of schools.
No clear information was provided on what modelling has been undertaken in relation to potential transmission rates when schools open more widely.
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