Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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Thursday, 22 November 2007

Thanks for your support

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Thank you to everyone who supported my campaign. Unfortunately, this time around, I did not succeed. Martin Reed from the NUT Executive and ...
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Sunday, 11 November 2007

Nasty One Cyril

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Sir Cyril Taylor GBE, chair of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust has advised the government that there are 17,000 bad teachers who ...
Thursday, 8 November 2007

Lewisham: the fight for education

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Monday, 5 November 2007

Exposing the Academy ‘spin’

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The Haberdashers’ Livery Company, who runs two Academies in my Authority of Lewisham, is becoming a favoured player in the corridors of the ...
Saturday, 3 November 2007

GORDON'S SAME OLD BLAME GAME

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‘Improve – or see your school closed down or taken over’ Last week, the same old demoralising nonsense that we have heard over the years fro...

MORE REASONS TO STOP THE SATS

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The Primary Review Group has released yet more evidence to show that the SATs regime that is suffocating schools has got to go. Teachers kno...
Friday, 2 November 2007

October Postings

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Shop Stewards Network Builds Unity PFI - Profits First Initiative New Poster for your Staffroom Do you feel well-off? Sixth Form Colleges Pa...
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Martin Powell-Davies

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* Brought up as a socialist by parents who hungered for what is right * One adopted grandfather left me a double-barrelled name, the other his name on a 1926 General Strike black-list * Given a comprehensive education at St.Andrew's, Leatherhead * First-class degree from King's College, Cambridge, for those who like that kind of thing * Secondary science teacher in London 1986-2015 * Lewisham NUT Secretary 1993-2015, organiser of many campaigns to defend teachers and education * Father of four who were all so well-supported by Sedgehill School, SE6. * Member of the NUT National Executive 2010-15 * NEU London Regional Secretary 2016 - 19 * Moved to Cumbria to return to teaching 2019 * Candidate for NEU DGS in 2021 * Proud to have been name-checked by Gove for saying that his 'reforms' could make teaching unbearable * Member of the CWI, following its global struggles via http://www.socialistworld.net * Exiled member of Penge CC, still a 'Middle Aged Man In Lycra' when I can be.
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