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NEWS • VIEWS • INFORMATION • ADVICE





Teaching Today February



Pensions



‘Heads of Agreement’ debacle...18





Teaching Today online



Remember, you can now browse through each edition of Teaching Today online on the NASUWT website.



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News



Government must ‘grasp the nettle’ on teacher retention............................04

Step forward in recognition for overseas trained teachers .........................05

SPEAK OUT – and help tackle homophobia in schools..................................07

New children’s commissioner won’t plug poverty gap ................................08

School day shake-up ...............................................................10

Minister ‘cherry-picking’ on curriculum revamp.....................................13

Struggle for trade union freedom continues ........................................26

Interested in becoming a Health and Safety Representative?.........................31

Paralympic Post ...................................................................32





Features



Teaching schools – A quick guide...................................................15

Changes to the performance management system.......................................16

NASUWT members continue ‘standing up for standards’................................22





Puzzles



Win £100 general knowledge crossword ..............................................34

Sudoku puzzles ....................................................................34





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