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Blackpool schools facing 'quiet crisis' amid new Ofsted inspections, warns Blackburn Diocese education chief Iain Parks

Schools facing 'quiet crisis' amid new Ofsted inspections

Hundreds of school workers are expected to march through Blackpool town centre

Why 100s of angry teachers will be marching through Blackpool today

NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede (centre) believes the current exam system is too high stakes

Are GCSE and A Level exams outdated? One teaching union thinks so

Proposed changes to Ofsted inspections have come under fire from teaching unions

Why Ofsted is facing legal action over proposed changes to inspections

One in four teachers say they experience pupil violence at least once a term

Teachers declare ‘pupil behaviour emergency’ - here's how bad it is

Three new teacher strike dates have been announced

New teacher strike dates for February 2025 announced

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Striking teachers from the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally in Parliament Square on 5 July 2023 in London, United Kingdom. NEU members are striking to win a fully-funded, above-inflation pay rise for all educators. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Teachers walk out for second day this week over pay

Railway station ticket offices in England face closure in a bid to cut costs. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Breaking Railway station ticket offices face closure

Virgin Media will axe hundreds of jobs

Virgin Media O2 set to axe hundreds of jobs despite soaring revenues

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

Living up to its motto 'Labor Vincit' meaning 'hard work prevails' Dalkeith High School in Midlothian saw pupils surpass their virtual comparator by three percent, with 38 per cent achieving five Highers or more in 2022.

Breaking Ofsted's changes to school inspection system after headteacher's death

Teachers and senior doctors will ballot in their dispute with the government over pay, which will likely see a fresh round of strikes. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers and senior doctors to ballot for fresh strikes

Teachers from the National Education Union demonstrate in central Middlesbrough as part of a further day of industrial action by teachers on April 27, 2023 in Middlesbrough, England. There were widespread school closures in England as members of the National Education Union (NEU) went on strike for a fourth day this year. A fifth strike day is scheduled for May 2. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Breaking All state schools in England could be closed due to strikes

Breaking Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer
Unite has confirmed that the Government’s pay off for health workers has been rejected by members
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Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash

Breaking King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

A French gendarme stands next to smoke during a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests, a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on March 23, 2023

Breaking French unions call for more strikes during King Charles III’s visit

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Passport Office workers are set to strike over pay and working conditions which unions warn will have a “significant impact” ahead of summer holidays.

Breaking Summer holiday travel warning as Passport Office set to strike

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Breaking Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Breaking NHS unions and government reach pay offer deal

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Members of French unions went on strike

Travel advice to France issued after massive strike announcement
The government has issued a travel advice warning for people travelling to France after French unions called for mass strikes and demonstrations.
Rahmah Ghazali

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

Firefighters cancel strike as new pay deal agreed

Warning over future of UK steelmaking as British Steel cut 260 jobs

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UK Border Force to strike at major ports during February half term

Homer Simpson after going on strike

The Simpsons' Homer goes on strike in Walk Out Wednesday 'coincidence'

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

UK firefighters’ strike 2023: everything you need to know

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1

Train drivers from Aslef and RMT announce two strike dates in February.

Train drivers announce two new strike dates if February

Mick Whelan, the General Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) arrives to attend a Commons Select Committee on rail strikes at Portcullis House.

Railway union boss hints at ‘more strikes’ in 2023

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

New TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak at TUC Congress House in London. He officially takes up the post in January from Frances O'Grady. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY TUC. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Strikes will continue in 2023 unless government prepared for pay talk

A queue of ambulances are seen outside the Royal London Hospital emergency department on November 24, 2022. That week, nearly three in 10 ambulances were queuing outside hospitals in England.

‘Critical incidents’ declared at 8 hospital and ambulance trusts

Due to a boom in online shopping during lockdown, Amazon has created 15,000 new warehouse and delivery driver jobs across the UK. Meanwhile, Hermes has created 10,000 jobs.

New study shows link between gig economy and increased health issues

The new set of postal strikes will encompass December 23 and 24.

Royal Mail new strike days December 2022

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

Lancashire small business group demands action now on inflation

Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC

Unions' summit in Blackpool over cost of living crisis

Francis O’Grady

Unions call for Chancellor to tackle labour shortages and boost wages

Ken Cridland

Unions set for cost of living march at Conservatives' Blackpool conference

Jabs in England are currently being carried out in schools by nurses and immunisation teams (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid walk-in vaccine centres set to open to under 16s to boost uptake

There are concerns about rising Covid cases in schools

Unions urge stronger Covid measures in schools to prevent more disruption

The huge nuclear fuel factory at Springfields between Preston and Blackpool

Unions call for ownership change at Lancashire nuclear fuel site

The uplift will mean the “average nurse” will receive an extra £1,000 per year (Photo: Getty Images)

NHS 3% pay rise could spark industrial action as staff say they aren’t ‘valued f...

Unions have urged North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) Trust to change its procedure which sees ambulance workers called out to emergencies across the region, up to 40 minutes away.

North West Ambulance staff at 'wits end' with callouts up to 40 minutes away, un...

The cost of rail travel is going up today - this is how much more you’ll have to pay (Photo: Shutterstock)

The cost of rail travel is going up today - this is how much more you’ll have to...

A classroom is set out with socially distanced seating for year 6 pupils but remains empty due to lack of pupils returning in that year group in June (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Leading teaching union to tell staff of right not to return to classrooms

Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the Government had helped protect millions of jobs since the coronavirus outbreak started.

This is how many people have been furloughed in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre

Moor Park Primary School says it is preparing safety measures that may allow "some children" to return to school. (Credit: Google)

Would your child be safer at home? Safety concerns over plans to re-open Blackpo...

Nine unions, representing school leaders, teachers and support staff, have accused the Government of showing a "lack of understanding"

Unions urge Government to step back from plans to reopen schools in June

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