Almost £140m has been "wasted" on free schools and other new types of school, which either closed early or failed to open at all, says a teachers' union.The National Union of Teachers said the money was spent on 62 free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools which either closed, partially closed or did not open.The NUT said the data was mainly drawn from government websites.The Department for Education said free schools were popular with parents.The figures were published by the National Union of Teachers during its annual conference - which had highlighted concerns about school budget shortages.The union's general secretary Kevin Courtney said ministers should apologise to teachers and parents for the £138.5m "thrown away" on these abandoned projects.'Appalling waste'"These figures make clear that the free school, UTC and studio school programmes were ill-thought policies which, in many cases, resulted in an appalling waste of significant sums of money," said Mr Courtney.University technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools have an emphasis on vocational skills for 14 to 19-year-olds."In the case of the closed UTCs, an average of £10m was spent on each school, rising to £15m in the case of Tottenham UTC."That sums of this magnitude have been thrown away at a time when schools across the country are crying out for funding for staff, to provide a broad and balanced curriculum and to ensure essential resources and equipment are available, is criminal."Education Secretary Justine Greening this week announced that 131 new schools had been approved under the free school programme, creating around 69,000 places.
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Teachers have backed plans for a possible boycott of primary school tests in England next year.The National Union of Teachers says the tests for seven and 11-year-olds are damaging to children and education.One delegate likened Sats to the "monster stalking our schools". Another said they needed to be "decapitated".The government is consulting on the future of primary assessment, and may scrap the tests for seven-year-olds and introduce a baseline test in reception.But, if agreed, this would not be put in place before 2020.On Sunday, teachers at the NUT conference backed a motion for an indicative ballot on a Sats boycott, and are expected to debate the matter further on Monday and back plans for a full ballot.Siobhan Collingwood, a teacher from Lancaster, told the union's conference in Cardiff that Sats were "the monster that is stalking our schools".She was one of a dozen speakers who spoke passionately against the tests and in favour of ending them.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has voted against balloting members on a boycott of primary school tests, known as Sats, in England.Delegates at the union's conference rejected a resolution to ballot members over a protest against primary school tests for the academic year 2017-18.They also agreed not to "support and promote a parent boycott" of the 2017 national curriculum tests (Sats).The vote came despite two sessions of argument in favour of action.A vote on a separate motion earlier in the conference backed moves to consider a ballot of membership over a boycott of tests in 2017-18 at a later stage, if there was enough support.Opposing the motion, Sasha Elliott, a teacher from east London, said: "I've been coming to conference for over a decade, I've made speeches about the wickedness of Sats, ending Sats has to remain one of our union's highest priorities."But I'd like to think that we've learned from our past efforts to end these Sats, we have to admit we've been unsuccessful."This motion presents us with some serious problems... It's a waste of a precious ballot."pupils