Some schools in Hastings & Rother lost a shocking number of teachers last year.

📌 Over half gone at St Leonard’s & Churchwood
📌 1 in 4 left Ark Alexandra
📌 3 in 4 gone from The Flagship School

This affects learning & stability. It can’t be ignored.

📊 DfE 2024
#NEU #TeacherCrisis

🟣 Hastings NEU has launched a Working Group on Sexism and Misogyny in Schools.
We’re partnering with @WomensVoice, delivering training, and challenging everyday sexism across the district.
Want to be involved? Message us.
#UnionPower #EndSexism #NEUHastings

🏳️‍⚧️ Hastings NEU passed Motion 4: Trans Rights Are Human Rights

We oppose the EHRC guidance + Supreme Court ruling
✅ Defend the right to self-ID
✅ Support trans staff + students
✅ Show solidarity in schools + beyond

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #NEU

📣 MOTION PASSED: CALL ON THE EXEC
Hastings NEU calls on national leaders to:
🔹 Return academies to local control
🔹 End top-slicing
🔹 Resist rebrokering
🔹 Oppose privatisation
We led locally — now lead nationally.
#HastingsNEU #NEUVoice #StopAcademisation

🎨 Hastings NEU passed Motion 6 in support of Oh Big Blue—an exhibition of poetry and art by Palestinian children.

Their work tells stories of loss, resilience and hope. As educators, we believe children should be heard, not silenced.

#OhBigBlue #NEUsolidarity #PalestinianChildren #PeaceAndJustice

Hastings NEU has voted to roll out the HSE Stress Indicator Tool across every school in the district.
✅ Annual staff wellbeing checks
✅ School-by-school analysis
✅ District-wide accountability
Because workplace stress is real – and it’s time to act.
#NEU #Education #Wellbeing #UnionWins

🚨 Passed unanimously: Hastings NEU calls on Hastings Council to revoke General Dynamics’ lease. Their weapons are linked to atrocities in Gaza. Ethical lettings can’t wait. #StopArmingIsrael #EthicalCouncil #GazaGenocide #GeneralDynamicsOutOfSchools

#FundFairPay
#StopSchoolCuts
#SupportOurSchools
#PayRiseNotCuts
#InvestInEducation
#SaveOurStaff
#SchoolFundingCrisis
#ValueEducationWorkers
#ThirdIsNotEnough
#NEUVoice

Strike Action at Salehurst CofE Primary
NEU members are striking over plans to cut the number of classes from 7 to 5—putting jobs, pupil support, and the future of the school at risk.

#SaveOurSchool #NEUStrike #Solidarity #EducationMatters

#FundFairPay
#PayUpForEducation
#SaveOurSchools
#SupportTeachers
#RecruitRetainRespect
#FullyFundedPayRise
#EducationCrisis
#TeachersDeserveBetter
#NoMoreCuts
#ValueEducation
#TeacherShortage
#FixEducationNow
#StrikeBack
#UnderpaidUndervalued
#EducationEmergency
#InvestInTeachers

✊ MAY DAY – INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY ✊
We stand in solidarity with workers worldwide.
Today we demand dignity, justice & fair pay.

📍 Rally at The Stade
☕ Social at Isabel Blackman Centre

UNITY IS STRENGTH

#MayDay2024 #WorkersUnite #PublicServicesNotWar #TaxTheRich #NEUHastings

New Hastings NEU newsletter is out!
Get the latest on getting ballot ready, conference action, campaigns, and events.
Every voice counts. Every member matters.
#HastingsNEU #NEUNewsletter #StrengthInUnity #UnionProud

Day 3 of #NEU2025:
• Union to campaign to abolish OFSTED
• Stress now treated as a H&S issue
• Backing fair pensions & disability leave
Daniel Kebede: “Start the organising now. Take the fight to this Labour Government.”

AGM 21 May

NEU Conference Day 2:
• Pay ballot prep begins—just 3% more turnout needed
• Support staff rights secured
• Early career voices like Sarah Green: “We’ve been mugged off”
• Conference opens with Srebrenica remembrance

#NEU2025 #HastingsNEU #PayUp #StrikeReady #UnionStrong

From AI to SEND, Early Years to class sizes—Conference passed motions for real change.
Sarah Kilpatrick opened with a call for “inclusive, creative, joyful” education. James Ellis spoke powerfully against forced academisation. These aren’t just motions—they’re momentum.
#NEU2025 #HastingsNEU