Social media users left in hysterics after man does ‘spot on’ impressions of teachers

If your memories of school involve being scolded by the librarian, a frosty receptionist and passive aggressive teachers, then this TikTok users hilarious impressions will strike a chord.  Kyron Hamilton, 23, from Southampton, took to TikTok to share hilarious clips of him poking fun at teachers in different situations, such as school open days, drawing … Read more

Teachers call for GCSE’s and A-level exams to be replaced

GCSEs and A-levels should be replaced with alternative assessments in the long term, teachers have said. School staff now have a ‘golden opportunity’ to stop ‘toxic testing’ amid growing calls to reform the national assessments, the National Education Union’s (NEU) virtual annual conference heard. A motion passed at the conference called for GCSEs and A-levels … Read more

Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’, unions say

Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’ so they can learn to ‘develop anti-racist views’, unions say New 128-page guidance has been given as alternative to Government teaching  Guidance adds ‘children’s racial prejudice’ is at risk of being ‘reinforced’   Conservative MPs argued that teaching toddlers about white privilege risked ‘becoming some kind of political … Read more

Tory MPs slam union guidance for nursery teachers to be taught about white privilege

Nursery teachers should be taught about white privilege so toddlers can ‘develop anti-racist views’, say unions Unions and charities want nursery teachers trained so toddlers can be anti-racist Tory politicians said that it was the ‘wrong way to go about’ combating racism  MP says it ‘insults white working-class people from disadvantaged backgrounds’ By Mail on … Read more

UK schools’ science and technology curricula ‘not fit for purpose’, say teachers

Science and technology curricula in UK schools are ‘not fit for purpose’ and need to be updated to help pupils ‘change the world for the better’, teachers have warned. Polls taken amid COVID-19 on behalf of the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize found 47 per cent of teachers think the technology curriculum, specifically, is out of date. More … Read more

Doctors, nurses, teachers and MPs call for Covid Memorial Day and monument

Doctors, teachers and nurses today urged Boris Johnson to formally recognise an annual ‘Covid Memorial Day’ and erect a monument on Whitehall. More than 50 MPs and peers along with the health unions, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing are backing the calls. There is also a cross-party campaign for a … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Doctors, nurses, teachers and MPs call for Covid Memorial Day

Doctors, teachers and nurses today urged Boris Johnson to formally recognise an annual ‘Covid Memorial Day’ and erect a monument on Whitehall. More than 50 MPs and peers along with the health unions, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing are backing the calls. There is also a cross-party campaign for a … Read more

AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine not linked to Italian teacher’s death, autopsy finds

An Italian music teacher who passed away a day after getting AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine likely died from a sudden heart problem that was not linked to the shot, according to the initial findings of an autopsy.  Sandro Tognatti, 57, who died in the town of Biella on Sunday, had no evidence of blood clots in … Read more

Teachers are NOT more at risk of catching Covid, ONS data finds

Teachers are no more likely to catch coronavirus than their peers, an official report has confirmed amid concerns about schools reopening next week. The Office for National Statistics study of 120 schools in England at the start of the second wave found similar rates of Covid antibodies among school staff and the general public.  About 14.6 … Read more

Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8

Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8 Martin Powell-Davies said school chiefs will be acting ‘recklessly’ if they reopen He has urged the National Education Union to join his plans for the strike  Argues schools should be reopened in phases and class sizes should … Read more