rob kelsall
@rob_kelsall
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Fighting for equality of opportunity for all. I'm an active campaigner for social justice. Views expressed purely my own.
England, United Kingdom
Joined December 2011
⚠️ No more automatic academy orders The current legal duty to issue academy orders for so-called failing schools will be scrapped. A campaign win for many of us in the sector.
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RT @rob_kelsall: Fantastic to see MPs signing up for our Parliamentary briefing. If you haven’t already, please write to your MP and urge…
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RT @NAHTnews: On Monday 10 March, we will be bringing unions, MPs and local school leaders together to raise awareness in Parliament of the…
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Fantastic to see MPs signing up for our Parliamentary briefing. If you haven’t already, please write to your MP and urge them to attend this crucial event in conjunction with @ASCL_UK @NEUnion @NGAMedia @Parentkind
On Monday 10 March, we will be bringing unions, MPs and local school leaders together to raise awareness in Parliament of the impact funding cuts have on schools. Please urge your MP to attend by using our quick and easy letter-writing tool 👉
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RT @NAHTnews: We desperately need to see increased and sustained investment from the government in core funding, the pay awards needed to r…
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Invite to a Parliamentary Briefing on School Funding . Write one here:
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⚠️ Most school budgets will fall short in 2025-26. On 10 March in Westminster, we will be setting out to MPs the stark reality of the crisis in funding and the direct impact this is having upon our children and young people, particularly those with SEND.
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RT @amnesty: Today marks what would have been Bob Marley's 80th birthday. His music spoke out against poverty and social injustice, giving…
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Wow! Such nonsense. Bridget Phillipson accused of having ‘Marxist ideological dislike of academies’ by leading headteacher – UK politics live
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RT @SchoolsWeek: 🔎 'For over a decade, we've been at the forefront of calls for meaningful reform of the inspectorate. What Ofsted has pres…
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From bad to worse… The question is, will the so-called consultation be a genuine one?
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Five years ago we launched the national training programme for @NAHTnews officials. We now have hundreds of trained and accredited officials across the nations providing invaluable support and advice to our 38,500+ members. Thank you for everything you do.
Congratulations to all our officials who have completed their Foundation training today.
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Stay safe @NAHT_NI members and their school communities. @PresidentNAHTNI
All schools in Northern Ireland are required to close tomorrow, Friday 24 January 2025, due to anticipated severe weather conditions caused by Storm Éowyn. ➡️
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Great to see this. From my travels across the length and breadth of the country, this is exactly what I’m hearing too. It’s not about those who shout loudest….
The @HeadsRoundtable has voiced its support for the schools bill after the legislation came under fire from other parts of the education sector
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RT @larry_turner: Today's SEND debate was so heavily-subscribed that we only had 75 seconds each to speak. It only goes to show how much…
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Meanwhile as our state funded schools face more cuts, Children's homes run by private equity rake in millions.
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Schools facing cuts next year as unions sound alarm over £700m funding gap
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Your legacy and track record speaks for itself @MattWrack An absolute brilliant leader of the @fbunational and the wider trade union movement. Best wishes for the future.
I have to report that I have not been re-elected as General Secretary of the FBU. I am proud to have led the Fire Brigades Union for two decades, a period which has seen eight Prime Ministers. We have fought back against attacks on the fire service and we have laid the ground for real progress. Much of the FBU’s work in that time is only now coming to fruition. For the first time in more than twenty years, we should soon see national standards in the fire service, and the FBU is able to play its role in advising ministers directly on fire service policy. Because of our campaigning, and that of other unions, we are also likely to see the biggest workers’ rights package in recent years, including the repeal of anti-union laws that sought to ban effective strike action in our sector. By mobilising and winning an overwhelming mandate for industrial action, the FBU has won a 16% pay rise over the past three years, with no strings attached. We have also had significant progress on maternity pay and the retaining fee for RDS firefighters. I am proud to have led the longest period of strike action in our union’s history, over pensions, in 2013-15. Our legal fight on pensions has won many millions for firefighters and £19bn for workers across the public sector. Our DECON campaign has changed the conversation in our sector about fire contaminants. The FBU has played a leading role in the fight for equality, in the face of some appalling behaviours and a systemic failure by fire service leadership. This work has meant having difficult conversations inside our union and must be continued. I leave the FBU with my head held high. Since the age of 16 I have been an active anti -racist, anti-fascist. I became a socialist as a teenager and I have been a trade unionist all my working life. My views and values have not changed and I will continue that fight.
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Fix Send now or risk a 'lost generation' of children, MPs warn - BBC News
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