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NewsNews from WAMG (Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group)
General Secretary interviewed on BBC Breakfast about teaching assistants and cover.
Advice for Voice members on strikes or industrial action: www.voicetheunion.org.uk/action
The final report for the independent Review of Mathematics Teaching in Primary Schools and Early Years Settings and DCSF response.
Advice for Voice members
Comment on Voting Age (Reduction Bill)
Voice has welcomed the Government’s White Paper on excluded pupils, Back on Track: A strategy for modernising alternative provision for young people
Further information on the new 14-19 qualifications to be introduced in England from September 2008.
Includes Anti-Bullying Guidance
General Secretary Philip Parkin has called on the Westminster Government to reconsider its examinations policy and follow the example of Wales.
Reaction to comments made by new ISC Chair.
Report by Steve Brown, Federation (County) Secretary, including advance notice of AGM (July 2008)
The report, the Government’s reponse, Voice’s response, April 2008
Draft specifications and specimen assessment materials (SAMs) for GCSEs (for first teaching in 2009)
The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2008 will come into force from September 2008
Voice has welcomed the Government’s pledge to tackle cyber-bullying.
Voice has commented on the DCSF’s plans to make teaching a masters-level profession.
Information for members
Staying Safe plan and guidance from DCSF (school visits, keeping children safe etc) plus Voice’s comment.
Voice policy on DfES guidance etc and further information
Details and Voice’s response
Guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office
Voice’s survey of Newly Qualified Teachers across the UK has found that NQTs in Scotland benefit from a guaranteed induction year while those in England, and particularly Wales, often find it difficult to gain the teaching post they need to be able to complete their induction. Voice is recommending that a guaranteed induction year for all NQTs across the UK should be considered.
’Union address’ on school leaving age by Voice General Secretary Philip Parkin in "SecEd"
Statements, press briefings and further information links on wireless computer networks (wi-fi) and electro-sensitivity.
Voice/Wider Workforce has welcomed the latest announcement from the DCSF on the role and status of support staff. New body to be launched September 2008.
The options for members wishing to improve their pension through the payment of additional voluntary contributions in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) have changed.
Voice has welcomed the publication of the new National Curriculum for Secondary Schools in England (12 July 2007).
Voice policy and statements on this issue
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