Media Coverage
2013
May
"Union criticises teaching report from think-tank": Derby Telegraph, 22 May 2013
"Hot topics: changing ratios": NMT, 16 May 2013
"A right royal challenge": TES letters, 10 May 2013
"Stand firm on childcare, Clegg": ePolitix, 9 May 2013
"Plans for ratio reform hit opposition from Clegg": Nursery World, 9 May 2013
"REC launch new quality standard for recruitment in education": Staffing Industry, 8 May 2013
"Councils prioritise reception classes over early years care": CYPN, 8 May 2013
"The Royal College of Teaching draws closer" SecEd 2 May 2013
April
"Why should local authorities bother?": SecEd, 25 April 2013
"Rise in pre-school hours for Scottish children: Nursery World, 22 April 2013
"Evaluating early years education": Nursery Management Today, 22 April 2013
"Union raises fears over changes to inspections": Derby Telegraph, 20 April 2013
"Setting a trap for teachers": TES letters, 19 April 2013
"Government funds £5m early education study": Nursery World, 18 April 2013
March
"Summer strikes": TES, 22 March 2013
"Childcare sector disappointed": Day Nurseries.co.uk, 21 March 2013
"Teachers set to strike": Daily Mail, 19 March 2013
"Pupils face disruption as strike action looms": Derby Telegraph, 19 March 2013
"Annual survey shows rocketing cost of childcare": Nursery World, 6 March 2013
February
"Childcare leaders criticise ratios consultation": CYPN, 26 February 2013
"EBacc u-turn welcome": Politics.co.uk, 7 February 2013
"Ebacc u-turn 'astonishing but welcome': PoliticsHome/Central Lobby, 7 February 2013
"The purpose of assessment": SecEd, 7 February 2013
January
"Unions worry EYPs will sidelined": Nursery World, 29 January 2013
"Childcare changes cut corners": PoliticsHome, 29 January 2013
"Childcare changes affect the professionals too": Baby World, 29 January 2013
Letter: “Agencies can be unsafe too” Nursery World 28 January 2013
Change on horizon for A levels: Derby Telegraph, 24 January 2013
"New Voice chief hits out at lack of DfE consultation": SecEd, 24 January 2013
"Gove’s ‘political interference’ in A levels": Politics Home, 23 January 2013
Letter on industrial action from General Secretary, TES, 18 January 2013
Interview with General Secretary, Nursery World, 14 January 2013
Pay proposals: SecEd, 10 January 2013
2012
December
“Changes to teachers' pay will lead to 'free-for-all', unions warn”, SecEd, 10 December 2012
"On the response to Donaldson": TES Scotland letters, 7 December 2012
November
"Should the teaching unions change how they negotiate?": SecEd, 22 November 2012
“Time for an independent investigation”: TES letters, 16 November 2012
"Two in five teachers 'lack knowledge to provide careers advice'" CYPN, 9 November 2012
October
"Reaping rewards"; TES Scotland, 26 October 2012
“Less than sound behaviour”: TESS Letters, 12 October 2012
September
“Negotiation not industrial action”: TES letters, 28 September 2012
“Voice: Pupil premium is recycled money”: Politics Home (ePolitix), 20 September 2012
“NHS vs education”, SecEd, 20 September 2012
“Teachers and schools could be divided by exam shake-up”: Derby Telegraph, 18 September 2012
"GCSEs in-danger-of-disintegrating": ePolitix/PoliticsHome, 12 September 2012
"Comment: Sinister forces forced down GCSE results": Politics.co.uk, 5 September 2012
August
"GCSE result day round-up": Education Today, 23 August 2012
“Control myth comes to light”: TES letters, 17 August 2012
“Voice elects new general secretary”: TES, 10 August 2012
"School debts stall plans for academies in Birmingham”: Children and Young People Now, 6 August 2012
July
“All change at top of city teaching union”: Derby Telegraph, 28 July 2012
"'Dinosaurs' don't speak for us all, says union": TES, 13 July 2012
June
"Nutbrown Review: sector reaction to recommendations": Nursery World, 19 June 2012
May
“In defence of unions”, TES letters, 25 May 2012 [Original]
Union address on non-vocational adult education: SecEd, 24 May 2012
“Gone in a puff of smoke: cuts threaten science practicals” TESS, 4 May 2012
"The wi-fi debate": SecEd, 3 May 2012
April
"Professional status in need of an upgrade": TES letters, 27 April 2012
"Welcome diversity of voices": TESS letters, 27 April 2012
Letter: “Unions: more than conference controversy”: TES, 20 April 2012
“Caution over child benefit truancy threat”: SecEd, 19 April 2012
"Teachers should quit extremist unions": Daily Mail, 16 April 2012
"What do teachers really think about videogames": BeefJack, 5 April 2012
"Supreme delight as court victory opens door for asbestos claims": Derby Telegraph, 2 April 2012
March
"Napoleo n, revient - il?": SecEd, 15 March 2012
February
"Teaching union hits out at 'Big Brother' schools inspector": Derby Telegraph, 13 February 2012
"Ofsted to raise the bar for outstanding schools”: Children & Young People Now, 9 February 2012
Chalk Talk: "An inspector calls – but not everyone will be very pleased to see him": The Independent, 9 February 2012
“Education unions report membership increase thanks to pensions argument”: SecEd, 2 February 2012
January
Discussion on free school, BBC Radio 4 You and Yours: 25 January 2012 (0:19:21)
"Big Brother is watching": SecEd,19 January 2012
“Teaching unions angry at plans to scrap the Ofsted ranking of 'satisfactory' for schools”; Derby Telegraph, 18 January 2012
“Ofsted unveils plans to scrap school inspection notifications”: Child Protection in Education, 11 January 2012
“Teachers blast crackdown on struggling staff”: Children & Young People Now, 13 January 2012
Education Investor: “Mixed reactions to Gove technology speech”, 13 January 2012
“Ofsted: All inspections to be no-notice by September”: SecEd, 12 January 2012
"Ofsted unveils plans to scrap school inspection notifications”: Children & Young People Now: 10 January 2012
2011
December
"No room for optimism": TES Scotland letters, 16 December 2011
"Regional pay is a step too far": TES letters, 9 December 2011
November
“School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike”: Children and Young People Now, 29 November 2011
“Nurseries offer parents strike day childcare”: Nursery World, 29 November 2011“Voice…”
"Many areas face shutdown of all schools": The Independent, 28 November 2011
“Non-strike union advises members”: SecEd, 24 November 2011 (Advice)
"Social mobility" (union address): SecEd, 3 November 2011
“Ofsted chief urged to show independence”: Children & Young People Now, 1 November 2011
October
“New reading test for six-year-olds 'waste of money'”: BBC News. 28 October 2011
Reading test 'a waste of money': Press Association/Google, 28 October 2011
“Reading test 'a waste of money'”: Evening Standard, 28 October 2011
“Minister’s reading test gets poor marks from top educators”: Yorkshire Post, 28 October 2011
“Reading test ‘a waste of money’”: The People, 28 October 2011
"Reading test a waste of money": Daily Express, 28 October 2011
"Send it bac to the drawing board ASAP": TES letters, 7 October 2011
“Conservative Conference 2011”: Children and Young People Now, 5 October 2011
“'Style over substance' claim as union attacks speech”: Derby Telegraph, 5 October 2011
September
"Anger over pensions pushes heads to join rank and file": TES, 23 September 2011
“Fears over rising teacher workloads” [in Scotland]: Press Association, 20 September 2011
"Teacher strikes": The Independent Schools Magazine (p12), September 2011 (pdf)
“Texting teens who can’t do joined-up writing” : Daily Mail, 17 September 2011
"Teaching terms": Letter from SPO Maureeen Laing in The Scotsman, 16 September 2011
"Asbestos: a Key Priority": SecEd, 8 September 2011
August
“School opinion divided over whether EBacc is the future”: Derby Telegraph, 29 August 2011
“Shocking-toll-of-violence-in-our-primary-schools”: Scottish Daily Express, 29 August 2011
“Primary teachers face attack threat”: The Herald, 29 August 2011
“Boy 4 who threw brick at teacher among 5400 acts of violence in Scotland’s primary schools”: The Daily Record, 29 August 2011
“Parents cut back after school activities”, Children & Young People Now, 26 August 2011
"Why boys trail further behind girls at GCSE top grades”: BBC News, 25 August 2011
"Government should 'not interfere' with exams": ePolitix, 25 August 2011
A levels analysis; ePolitix, 18 August 2011
"Dramatic year for education reform": ePolitix. 5 August 2011
"Better the devil we knew: GTC axe hurts us all": TES letters, 5 August 2011
“Are students at the heart of the system?”: ePolitix, 3 August 2011
July
“English Baccalaureate rushed by Gove, say MPs”: The Independent, 28 July 2011
“MPs and unions attack over Ebac”: ePolitix, 28 July 2011
"Public sector pensions are not gold-plated": ePolitix, 25 July 2011
"New standards for teachers": ePolitix, 15 July 2011
“Voice and EIS are not united”: Letter, TES Scotland, 15 July 2011
“Red tape cut to encourage school trips”: Children and Young People Now, 4 July 2011
“Education Secretary Applauds Revised Health and Safety Norms for School Trips”, Top News: 5 July 2011
June
"Further school strike action": Children & Young People Now, 30 June 2011
"Government to announce university shake-up": ePolitix, 28 June 2011
“Unions face down politicians’ push for rethink on strikes”, TES, 24 June 2011
“Reward a D-G grade for what it is – a pass”, TES Letters, 24 June 2011
Teachers’ pensions walkout, SecEd, 23 June 2011
“Gove’s 50% target ‘too simplistic’”: SecEd, 23 June 2011
"Voice comments on free schools announcement": ePolitix, 20 June 2011
“Union leader speaks out against teacher strikes”: Derby Telegraph, 20 June 2011
Public servants vote to join teachers on mass walkout”: Daily Telegraph, 16 June 2011
"SENDing a message": Public Service Review: Local Government and the Regions Issue 18, June 2011
May
“Poor teachers could be sacked more quickly”: Children and Young People Now, 24 May 2011
"Who represents the Scottish?": SecEd, 19 May 2011
“More than one way to stick up for ourselves”, TES letters, 13 May 2011
April
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“Analysis: Back pain shown to afflict majority of practitioners”: Nursery World, 20 April 2011
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“Ofsted should be split in two between education and care, MPs say”: Nursery World, 19 April 2011
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“MPs recommend Ofsted be split in two”: ePolitix, 18 April 2011
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“Should weak teachers face the firing squad?”: TES letters, 15 April 2011
- “Eight in ten early years practitioners suffer back pain”: Nu