I cannot stress the importance of ensuring you have books that your children are represented in, right from EYFS. Books with Black children as main characters. Books that celebrate Afro hair. Books where they get to see people that look like them in a positive light. It matters.

This week’s Budget lands at a moment when education is running on empty. We are spending the smallest share of our GDP on education in 25 years - under a Labour government. But this isn’t just about percentages. It’s about the teacher covering yet another break duty under a

No inspection should have to come with a warning that it will ‘take its toll’ on staff. This is worrying rhetoric.

I know teachers who: - Have stopped drinking water during the day because the staff toilet next to them has been broken for months. - who have an hour added to their morning routine because all but one photocopiers are broken. - are struggling to manage because most Support

The lack of self-awareness here is staggering. Schools are propped up on a daily basis by the hard work and commitment of teachers and support staff. Constant cuts in funding and resources, reduced support for SEND, an ongoing recruitment and retention crisis. And then this?

Union leaders have warned of a 'system in crisis' as teacher wellbeing rates have plunged to a new low https://t.co/TUHAHoK7Zo

I can absolutely guarantee if schools start cutting assistant heads, the work will still be there but people will be expected to do it for free 🙃

They realise many AHTs have quite heavy teaching commitments & may not earn much more than UPS3? It’s used in part as a recruitment/retention tool but also a work round of 1265 hours - which don’t apply to leadership roles. Same applies to TLRs (without link to hours)

Has any research happened into numbers of DHT over the same time? In primary, we’re seeing the rise of AHT as a cheaper replacement for DHT. Not right, but part of a cost reduction process.

This is deeply insulting to so many colleagues across the sector who perform such an invaluable, integral & necessary role. With the demand of do more more more who do some think perform the wider duties that cannot contractually be asked of class teachers. Uninformed at best.

Why not reduce the amount of ministers first to show us how it’s done?

I would encourage ministers to visits schools, speak to actual school leaders on the ground to actually understand what we do, the challenges we face & why we need key senior staff in schools. I would also urge them to stop talking to an echo chamber of “experts.”

The intensity of working in education at the minute is another level. The idea that we can keep cutting back as the level of need continues to increase is pretty unnerving.

The gov says schools can ‘find savings’ but funding’s still below 2010 levels and the UK spends less on education than most advanced nations. Making schools fund pay rises from squeezed budgets isn’t efficiency, it’s neglect.

Once again, the Labour government proves they’re an absolute disgrace.

However you strip this it’s basically a below inflation rate increase for teachers & if it’s not fully funded really compromises the sector further.

Perhaps I'm being cynical, but this feels like another situation of "councils can't afford to do this, so we'll make schools do it for free"

“Don’t stay too late!” “Make sure you switch off at the weekend.” “Don’t work too much!” Etc etc are all well meaning but USELESS things to say. The work/ deadlines etc aren’t going to go away if I just don’t do them 🙄

#staffwellbeing is absolute nonsense - no one is interested in the well-being of adults, the needs of adults or their physical health. As long as the kids are ok, needs are being met, they feel safe etc. The adults don’t matter. #teacherwellbeing #SEND #edutwitter

Why are you racing to the bottom when you could be saying "where is MY union why isn't MY life like THIS??!?!?"

do the buses too, cripple the system until you get what you want xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox