Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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Thursday, 25 February 2016

Priced out of London - London Young Teachers' Housing Survey

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At the end of 2015, a NUT survey of London’s young teachers revealed how many of them were struggling to live and work in a city where the ...
Saturday, 13 February 2016

Assessment: Primary Headteachers say “enough is enough”

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This government’s chaotic changes to assessment policy have already caused growing discontent amongst teachers, especially primary headteach...
Sunday, 7 February 2016

Some thoughts from the NUT London Regional Secretary - February 2016

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After just short of 30 years as a NUT member and science teacher in Kingston, Bromley and then, for over two decades, Lewisham, for the most...
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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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