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Antisemitism in schools

Teachers blocking plan to tackle antisemitism 'have no place in the classroom'

Calls for education union to close down faction opposing Sir David Bell’s review

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Children in class in a stock image (Getty)

Striking teachers prepare to participate in a demonstration on July 5, 2023 (Image: Getty)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

2 min read

Protest outside UN General Assembly on September 25, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Nick Cohen

The shallow claim that anti-Zionism isn’t antisemitism

3 min read

Labour MP Damien Egan (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

School that scrapped talk by pro-Israel MP given all-clear by Ofsted

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede takes part in a pro-Palestine protest (Image: Getty)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

The radical lesson plans of NEU teachers that should worry the country

2 min read

MP Damien Egan (left) and NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede

Exclusive: Days after October 7, NEU teachers shared lesson plan asking pupils if they would ‘fight back’ if they lived in Gaza

By Nicole Lampert

7 min read

Jewish Labour MP Damien Egan, pictured in 2024 (Photo: Getty)

Education Secretary hints at further action after Jewish pro-Israel MP’s school visit blocked

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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NEU branch that blocked school visit by Jewish MP also barred Israeli tech firm from conference

The union’s Bristol leader said she was ‘very proud’ to have denied both Damien Egan and Checkpoint a platform

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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January 14, 2026 14:16

Labour MP Damien Egan reacts after being declared the winner in the Kingswood by-election on February 16, 2024 in Thornbury, England (Getty Images)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

The union that discovered antisemitism – a year late and blind in one eye

After sitting on its own survey for 14 months, NASUWT highlights far right incidents and ignores Israel-related hate. Jews are, as ever, fodder for the hard left

3 min read

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July 23, 2025 12:35

Matt Wrack with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on June 15, 2017 in London (Image: Getty)

The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Radicalism in our education unions has consequences – especially when it comes to Jews

At a time when too many pupils are failing, the NEU leadership is busy funding Gaza protests

3 min read

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May 1, 2025 15:44

NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede takes part in a pro-Palestine protest (Image: Getty)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

The radicals leading Britain’s teachers’ union

The NEU’s growing alignment with hard-left causes and anti-Israel rhetoric risks turning classrooms into political battlegrounds

3 min read

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April 15, 2025 15:41

Daniel Kebede (centre), general secretary of the National Education Union, attends a pro-Palestine march in central London in 2024 (Image: Alamy)

King Solomon strikes called off

Headteacher tells parents that dispute with the NEU is now over

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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March 27, 2024 11:08

King Solomon High School (LInked-In)

King Solomon: head has ‘unwavering support’ of parents as strikes loom

Chair of governors says they share ‘anger and despair’ of parents at planned disruption by NEU teachers

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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March 19, 2024 11:58

King Solomon High School (LInked-In)

Expelled Labour activist to help union workers fight ‘false antisemitism’ allegations

Offer made at meeting in which a nationwide ‘walkout’ over Gaza was discussed

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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February 7, 2024 14:25

The meeting in the NEU headquarters