Tag: Durham County Council
Durham Constituency Labour Party backs Teaching Assistants
The City of Durham Constituency Labour Party (CLP) has voted to support County Durham’s teaching assistants in their dispute with Durham County Council. On...
Durham Teaching Assistants Announce Work to Rule as Council Responds to...
Durham’s teaching assistants were on strike again this week. Walkouts on Wednesday and Thursday saw 23 schools closed completely while around 90 had to...
Durham Teaching Assistants to Strike Again
Unions representing County Durham’s teaching assistants have announced another two days of strike action for next week. The strikes are due to take place...
Council Provides £3.4 Million Home for Local Businesses
A state-of-the-art building designed to attract and support cutting-edge businesses has been officially declared open in Durham City. Salvus House will be the focus...
Parents and Council React to Teaching Assistants’ Strike
This week saw schools closed, or at least operating reduced classes, across County Durham as over 1000 teaching assistants went on strike. TAs from...
Ian Botham Made Chairman of Durham CCC
Sir Ian Botham has been appointed chairman of troubled Durham County Cricket Club. The former England hero and famous all-rounder will take up his...
Durham Schools to Close Due to Teaching Assistant Strikes
Schools across County Durham are to be hit by industrial action staged by teaching assistants. On 8th and 9th November, teaching asisstants belonging to...
Durham Schools Rewarded for International Awareness
More than a dozen schools from County Durham have been recognised by the British Council for their outstanding international teaching and learning. This recognition...
More Durham Teaching Assistants Vote to Strike
Last week, this magazine reported that County Durham’s teaching assistants who belong to the Unison trade union had voted to strike. Now the members...
County Council Saves Durham Cricket Club
Indebted Durham County Cricket Club is now likely to survive due to a unanimous vote by county councillors on 19th October to approve a...
