Kevin Courtney
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Kevin Courtney Life story
Kevin Courtney is a Welsh former school teacher, and the General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the main teachers' trade union for England and Wales.
Estimated 700,000 pupils in unsafe school buildings, NAO says
... Responding to both reports, the National Education Union s joint general secretary Kevin Courtney said the government was spending " nothing like enough" on school buildings...
Teachers in England to strike for two days in July, NEU announces
... Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, the NEU s joint general secretaries, said the education secretary had " turned her back" on teachers in England...
Pupils face 'lost decade' in education after Covid, MPs warn
... " The report also called for the DfE to: Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said the government was " in denial" about the scale of the problems schools are facing...
Teacher strikes: More schools than ever unable to fully open in England
... Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the NEU, said this generation of pupils had been affected badly by Covid " and that is why we are calling for this investment in their education"...
Teachers vote for another three days of strikes
... Kevin Courtney, its joint general secretary, said: " Parents and the education profession will be in no doubt that if further industrial action needs to be taken the blame for this will lie squarely at the government s door...
More strikes planned as teachers reject pay offer
... Speaking at the NEU conference in Harrogate, Joint General Secretaries Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney said the offer was " unacceptable" " is not fully funded" and it did not deal with the shortage of teachers in schools...
Teacher strikes will go ahead if no pay progress
... In response, Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, joint general secretaries of the NEU, said ministers were " requiring the NEU to give up the only thing that has brought government to the negotiating table, without any assurance that the negotiations are, indeed, serious and in good faith"...
Free school meals: London's mayor launches £130m scheme for primary pupils
... Government inaction Meanwhile Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary at the National Education Union (NEU), said the scheme would be " a much-needed lifeline" that could also help " attainment and educational outcomes"...
Teachers vote for another three days of strikes
By Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent, at NEU conference in Harrogate
Teacher strikes are likely to continue in England until The End of The School year, after National Education Union (NEU) members voted for three strike days in Late June or early July.
Strike Dates have already been confirmed for.
The NEU also plans to ask members whether they want to continue strike action next year.
It This Week , in a move the education secretary called " extremely disappointing".
Most teachers were offered 4. 3% rise next year, as well as a £1,000 one-off payment this year. Starting salaries would also rise to £30,000 from September.
The three further Dates - which members voted for at the NEU conference in Harrogate - will now have to be approved by the NEU executive when it meets on 18 May .
The proposals mean strikes will not take place while students sit their A-level and GCSE exams.
However, the NEU intends to use The Exam period - which starts on 15 May - to re-ballot its teacher members in England on further strike action in The Next academic year.
Kevin Courtney , its joint General Secretary , said: " Parents and the education profession will be in No Doubt that if further industrial action needs to be taken the blame for this will lie squarely at the government's door. "
There were already strikes over teachers' pay in England in February and March.
Negotiations after The Last national strike resulted in an improved pay offer from the government.
The results of the NEU ballot on Monday found 98% of members were in favour of turning The Deal down.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said on Monday that the offer had been funded, citing extra cash for schools over The Next two years and additional funding for the pay rise.
But the NEU has argued that it was not fully funded.
The Association of School and College leaders also overwhelmingly rejected the pay offer on this basis.
Geoff Barton, its General Secretary , said the offer left head teachers with the " prospect of not being able to afford to pay it to their staff without having to make cuts elsewhere".
Luke Sibieta, from The Institute for Fiscal Studies, said schools budgets could only absorb " a small amount" of the pay offer.
Ms Keegan said pay would now be decided by The Independent pay review body, which would recommend pay rises for next year. This means the £1,000 payment for this year will not happen.
Teacher salaries fell by an average of 11% between 2010 and 2022, after taking inflation into account, according to The Institute for Fiscal Studies. Most State School teachers in England had a 5% rise in 2022.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
