Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

Sharing views, information and resources for school staff, trade unionists and socialists.

Monday, 28 June 2010

DFE releases lists of potential new Academy schools

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GOVERNMENT EDUCATION minister Michael Gove is determined to push through the Tory agenda of putting ‘rocket-boosters’ under the academies pr...
Monday, 21 June 2010

Lewisham NUT calls for national action

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Thanks to an invitation to make my views on the Budget known on the Jeremy Vine Show, I even had a chance to tell Radio 2 listeners that we ...
Sunday, 20 June 2010

Con-Dems prepare their Cuts Budget: Build Joint National Action

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The National Executive met before the June 22 Budget but it was clear that the Government was planning to make public sector workers pay for...

Organise against Academies and Free Schools

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THE JUNE MEETING OF THE NUT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE met after just one month of the new Government. Yet with the Academies Bill already unleashed...
Sunday, 13 June 2010

Should the Executive call a national ballot?

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The Academies Bill threatens both the future of comprehensive state education and teachers' national pay and conditions. Activities in...
Sunday, 6 June 2010

Letter and meeting for reps in 'outstanding' schools

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Below is a model letter - based on that drafted first by Bradford to send to NUT reps in 'outstanding' schools. Also encorage reps t...
Thursday, 3 June 2010

VICTORY: Goldsmiths Trust Defeated

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Staff at Addey and Stanhope School have been officially informed that Goldsmiths University has withdrawn its support for the proposed “Gold...
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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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