At 2018's Derby AGM we had great discussion and passed the following motions:
MOTION 1: Academies and Local Democracy
Motion on
Academies and Local Democracy to be discussed at Derby NUT AGM on Friday 2nd
February 2018
Derby Division of the National Education
Union (NUT Section) notes:
1.
The
collapse of the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) has left 21 schools
‘orphaned’ with uncertain futures, massive budget problems and no support.
2.
That
the re-brokering process for WCAT schools has exposed how little say schools
have over the Trust they will be compelled to join once the Regional Schools
Commissioner begins the re-brokering process.
3.
The
near-total lack of democratic oversight and accountability that led to the WCAT
scandal that is built in to the emerging Academy Trust system as a whole.
4.
That
at the present time it is not possible for schools to rejoin the Local
Education Authority (LEA) family once they are in the Academy Trust system.
5.
That
the Kreston Academies Benchmark Report 2018, published in January 2018, highlights
that large numbers of MATs are in deficit, an increase in rebrokerages,
increasing centralisation of MATs and shrinking numbers of people involved in
running MATs.
6.
That
there is still no evidence that MATs are the
best way to improve standards
in schools, and some evidence that schools within LEA families are likely to
improve more quickly.
7.
That
Bradford and Wakefield councils have passed motions demanding that schools in
MATs be allowed to return to LEA families.
We resolve:
1.
To
encourage schools not to enter the MAT system.
2.
To
campaign to raise awareness in the public mind of the nature of and problems
within the emerging MAT system.
3.
To
campaign for schools in MATs to be permitted to rejoin LEA families.
4.
To
lobby Derby City Council to pass a similar motion to Bradford and Wakefield
councils in demanding that schools which join a MAT be allowed to return to the
LEA family.
MOTION 2: School Teachers Pay
Motion on Pay
to be discussed at Derby NUT AGM on Friday 2nd February 2018
Derby Division of the National Education
Union (NUT Section) notes:
1. the 14% real cut in teachers’ and other public-sector workers’ pay since
2010 because of the Coalition and Tory government public sector worker pay cap.
2. The recent Equality Trust analysis which found that FTSE 100 chief
executives are now paid 165 times more than a nurse, 140 times more than a
teacher, 132 times more than a police officer and 312 times more than a care
worker.
3. Opinion research which finds that a majority of the UK public believe that
the pay cap should be scrapped.
We welcome:
1. Demands by many trade union leaders at TUC congress in Autumn 2017 that the
pay cap should end and that all public-sector workers should get across the
board pay rises substantially above the rate of inflation.
2. Calls at the Congress for public sector trade unions to co-ordinate strike
action if necessary to achieve this objective and announcements by the PCS, UCU
and POA that they intend to ballot their members on taking such action.
3. Support from Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell for public-sector workers
taking action against the pay cap.
4. Joint demonstrations that have been called by a number of public-sector
unions, including the NUT, and especially the Britain deserves a pay rise – end
the pay cap now demonstration and rally in London on 17 October.
5. The continuation of the successful NUT/NEU schools funding campaign which
is complementary to our demand for a pay-rise which goes some way, at least, to
restore the value of teachers’ pay to what it was in 2010 and attract
sufficient new recruits to the profession.
We resolve:
1. To co-ordinate our efforts with other public-sector trade unions in Derby,
as well as well as with parent groups wherever possible.
2.
To call on the national union to join other
public-sector unions in balloting members this term for national strike action
against the public sector pay cap, recognising that the widely-acknowledged
legitimacy of and support for our demand for a substantial pay-rise means that
a ballot outcome which complies with legal requirements is achievable.
MOTION
3: Ofsted and Islamophobia
Motion on Ofsted,
Islamophobia and the hijab to be discussed at Derby NUT AGM on Friday 2nd
February 2018
We note:
·
That there has been a rise in Islamophobic hate
crimes over the last year and that powerful figures including the President of
the United States have been complicit in promoting Islamophobic views
·
That the head of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, has
announced and defended an Ofsted policy of questioning girls who choose to wear
the hijab at school.
·
That Ofsted has previous history of
Islamophobic pronouncements, including its involvement in the long-discredited
Trojan Horse ‘scandal’.
We believe:
·
That Islamophobia has no place in our society
or our schools
·
That Ofsted’s policy is racist, intrusive,
sexist and unacceptable
We resolve:
·
To sign and publicise the open letter to Ofsted
signed by over 1,000 academics protesting this policy
·
To urge schools to refuse to cooperate with any
Ofsted inspector seeking to put this policy into effect
·
To continue to support the work of Stand Up To
Racism through re-affiliation and supporting activities in Derby, and support
the campaign nationally where possible; and support members who want to attend
the celebration of our multicultural society in the Stand Up To Racism
demonstration at 2018’s UN Anti-Racism Day on Saturday 17th March.
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