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ATL on Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies
Commenting on the Guardian story that the Government is going to force all schools in England to become academies, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on Ofsted’s inspections of multi-academy trusts
Commenting on Ofsteds inspections of multi-academy trusts, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on school funding in England
Commenting on the Governments funding plans for schools in England, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL calls for new GCSEs and A-levels to be approved as soon as possible
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), called on the Government to get its act together and sort out the delay in accrediting the new GCSEs and A-levels which pupils will be being taught in September.
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ATL comment on possible scrapping of baseline assessment
Commenting on a Schools Week story that the Government may scrap baseline assessment for reception children, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on Government concessions to assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2
Responding to the Governments concessions to pupil assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Teachers question accuracy of baseline assessment – ATL/NUT survey
Baseline assessment does not accurately reflect what four-year-olds can do and disrupts their start to school when many are in education for the first time, according to research* carried out for ATL and the NUT by UCL Institute of Education.
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Government must act urgently to tackle shortage of teachers - ATL
Commenting on the National Audit Offices report on training teachers, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns
Careers advice and education is in desperate need of more funding and needs better support from employers, the general secretary of a leading teaching union will tell MPs.
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ATL comment on the publication of reformed GCSE and A level content
Commenting on the publication of revised subject content for some GCSEs, AS and A levels that will be taught in schools from September 2017, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals
Forty-three per cent of education staff have faced physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.
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Education staff facing physical violence from pupils – ATL
Forty-three per cent of education staff said they have had to deal with physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
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ATL comment on Government thresholds for strike ballots in education and other public services
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on Education Select Committee’s report on the role of Regional School Commissioners (RSCs)
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on protecting children from radicalisation
Commenting on Government plans to help protect children against radicalisation, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on HMCI Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech to CentreForum
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on primary school places
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on plans to review maths and English Functional Skills qualifications
Commenting on the Education and Training Foundations plans to review maths and English Functional Skills qualifications, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on postcode inequality of education in England and Wales
Commenting on the new cross-party commission to tackle inequality in education in England and Wales, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on CBI/Accenture Employment Trends Survey
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: This report from the CBI and Accenture shows that businesses want to have it both ways. Whilst there is acknowledgement of a healthier and growing economy, employers are bemoaning the need to pay decent wages to attract a skilled workforce.
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ATL comment on primary school league tables
Commenting on the primary school league tables, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Teaching union is ‘concerned’ over £600m cut to ‘essential’ grant
A leading teaching union has today reacted to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. 
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ATL comment on the Autumn Spending Review
Commenting on the Autumn Spending Review, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: The Chancellor has rightly recognised the importance of education in protecting it from the worst excesses of his scythe.
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ATL comment on improving prevention and identification of child sexual abuse
Commenting on the report on child sex abuse by the Childrens Commissioner for England, Dr Mary Bousted said:
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ATL comment on OECD report: Education at a Glance 2015
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Unmanageable workloads grinding down teachers and stopping them concentrating on tasks which benefit pupils - ATL
Eighty per cent of school staff say their workload is still unmanageable one year on from the Governments Workload Challenge, according to an Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey.
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Learn to listen: Teaching union urges Government to engage
The President of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Kim Knappett, warns that an overwhelming workload is plunging the teaching profession into a recruitment and retention crisis.
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ATL comment on role of school governors
Commenting on the commentary by Sir Michael Wilshaw on school governors, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on ITT number census 2015 to 2016
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said
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ATL comment on Anti-Bullying Alliance survey of pupil mental health as a result of bullying in schools
Commenting on the results of a survey by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, hosted by National Childrens Bureau, with support from YoungMinds, which marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL comment on Sutton Trust report on disadvantaged pupils
Commenting on the Sutton Trusts report on disadvantaged pupils, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL on future of sixth form and further education colleges
Commenting on the impact of further potential funding cuts to sixth form and further education colleges, Dr Mary Bousted, Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Private school staff not getting long enough breaks and working longer hours – ATL poll
Forty-one per cent of teachers in independent schools are only getting a 20 minute uninterrupted lunch break during their working day of six or more hours, according to a recent poll by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
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ATL on academy sponsors
Commenting on the Local Government Associations warning about the lack of academy sponsors, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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ATL on Government’s education plans
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said:
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ATL comment on fund to help young people’s careers prospects
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: We welcome the work the Careers Enterprise Company has done with its research to identify the cold spots across England where young people are missing out on the support they need.