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A pre-election warning

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Only 16 per cent of teachers plan to vote Conservative in 2015. Christine Blower says the government must change its ways if it wants the profession’s backing.

This will be yet another challenging year for teachers and education. The NUT-commissioned YouGov survey of teachers published in January showed that morale is at an all-time low and has declined dramatically; 74 per cent said their morale has dropped since the last General Election and only four per cent thinks the government has made a positive difference to the education system. Despite this, the government ploughs on with unacceptable policies.

Teachers have enormous enthusiasm to do the very best they can for every child and young person that comes into their classroom. This, however, is both tempered and dented by the anger and frustration that teachers feel for all kinds of reasons.

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