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Higher Education Funding Council announces funding distribution
Advice to members in the event of boycott of Key Stage 2 tests by other unions.
Letter from Curriculum for Excellence Management Board and survey.
New early years and Sure Start info from DCSF
Count Me In campaign
Latest information on the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) in England.
Letter by General Secretary to TES on social partnership.
Single Status/Job evaluation, Renewing membership, GTC Code, strikes, WAMG news...
Briefing by General Secretary Philip Parkin
The GTCS is to be given an expanded role.
Voice has dismissed plans to promise parents a vote on whether struggling schools should be run by a different organisation.
Comment on the Education Secretary’s Priorities for Education
Voice has welcomed the audit undertaken by ATaC.
A report found that one in four parents won’t discipline their children for fear of upsetting them.
Voice has backed proposals for parents to sign up to school behaviour policies when they apply for a school place.
Closing date for applications is Friday 30 July 2010.
Survey of Voice members in England
Investigation into possible breach of the equality clause in the contracts of Pupil Support Assistants.
Union address on ’choice’ by John Till in SecEd, 4 February 2010
Voice’s Manifesto of key points it would like to see addressed in the General Election.
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announces funding
The new primary curriculum will become statutory in England from September 2011.
Toolkit launched by Scottish Government
Latest news on negotiations and new pay scales for nursery and education support staff (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Support package launched by Scottish Government
Letter by General Secretary to TES on Children, Schools and Families Committee report
Reminder to registered teachers from General Teaching Council for Scotland that the current registration period ends 31 March 2010.
Response to DCSF figures and media reports
Comment on the Children, Schools and Families Committee’s report on School Accountability
Rise in number of career-changers applying to train as teachers during 2009/10, according to TDA.
Article on nanny registration by Tricia Pritchard, Child Care, January 2010
Government’s annual grant letter to Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Letter by General Secretary to TES on public services
Voice has welcomed the findings of The New Economics Foundation’s ’A Bit Rich’ report.
Fewer adults required to register
Framework on class sizes and free school meals to be put to Scottish council leaders following discussions between the Education Secretary and COSLA.
Voice official response to DENI’s consultation
Comment on today’s Pre-Budget Report and reports that new rules on nursery funding will be delayed to April 2011.
"Click Clever Click Safe" launched
Requirement for registration with General Teaching Council for England: September 2009. Plus UK border requirements
RIG’s evidence on special educational needs allowances and leadership criteria to School Teachers’ Review Body.
Literacy Commission: A Vision for Scotland. HMIE: How well do we protect Scotland’s children?
Articles, speeches and opinion from General Secretary Philip Parkin
Article by Tricia Pritchard, Early Years Educator, December 2009
Article by General Secretary
Union address article by Philip Parkin in SecEd, 26 November 2009
Behaviour in Scottish Schools Research 2009 + Scottish Advisory Group on Behaviour in Schools (SAGBiS) news
Letter by General Secretary to TES on ’Licence to Teach’.
Changes to funding for training, skills and apprenticeships
Comment on Queen’s Speech 2009
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act has received Royal Assent
The National Skills Strategy
Article by Tricia Pritchard, Early Years Educator, November 2009
The Government has unveiled a "new framework for the future success of higher education".
Government response to Children, Schools and Families Select Committee report Allegations Against School Staff, and Voice’s reaction
Voice has renewed calls for a compulsory national register of nannies.
National Chairman Rosemary Stokes on "The Big Questions", BBC, October 2009
Voice has welcomed the publication of the nanny survey by The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC).
Voice policy and statements on this issue
Voice has welcomed the final report of the Cambridge Primary Review.
Congratulations to Voice member Lucy Bakewell.
Comment on School exclusions (England)
Union address article by John Till in SecEd, 8 October 2009
Comment on speech
Voice is urging nurseries to become mobile phone-free zones.
The General Teaching Council for England’s Code of Conduct and Practice.
Voice has welcomed the measures to improve behaviour in schools and tackle bullying in the speech by Schools Secretary Ed Balls to the 2009 Labour Party Conference.
Launched by Scottish Government and General Teaching Council for Scotland.
Updated STSS guides
Comment on media interviews with Ed Balls about the Schools Secretary’s suggestions for cuts to education spending.
Winner announced.
The warning will be given on 19 September 2009 by James Tweed of Childcare Matters at the Professional Nanny Conference.
Voice has expressed scepticism about claims from the Health Protection Agency and renewed its call for a full scientific investigation into the long-term effects of wi-fi.
Statement on Society of Occupational Medicine research.
Article by Tricia Pritchard, Child Care, September 2009
Article by Tricia Pritchard, Early Years Educator, September 2009
STPCD 2009 (England & Wales) now online
Further information on the new 14-19 qualifications introduced in England from September 2008.
Comment and details
Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC): allows early years registered settings to record and store information about their staff, including qualifications that staff hold or are working towards and additional training achievements.
Interview with Senior Professional Officer (Education) Ian Toone on A Levels and other qualifications.
Provision that teachers should rarely cover for absent colleagues from 1 September 2009.
CCTV cameras being installed in some classrooms
Scales for teachers in England and Wales. STRB’s 18th Report Part 2 and responses.
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) issued revised annual grants and funding agreements.
Rosemary Stokes is the new National Chairman of Voice.
Article by Tricia Pritchard, Early Years Educator, June 2009
NUT and NAHT 2009 conferences resolutions calling for boycott of 2010 KS1&2 tests. Voice shares other unions’ concerns but will not be supporting a boycott.
Review of the primary curriculum by Sir Jim Rose for DCSF and Voice’s response.
Briefing to SecEd by General Secretary Philip Parkin and then National Chairman Andrew Broadhurst, plus futher briefings.
Information for Voice members
Report by HMIE and Voice’s response.
Advice for Voice members
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