This document is the NUT response to the Government's consultation on future funding arrangements for the 16-19 sector including sixth form colleges.

"The government is talking but it is not listening," says Christine Blower of the NUT on BBC Question Time on 30 June 2011.

This document sets out the NUT response to the Government's consultation on a proposed bursary scheme to replace Education Maintenance Allowances.

On Wednesday (11 May), MPs debated the Government's Education Bill. NUT and UCU worked with two MPs (Nic Dakin and Lisa Nandy) to table two important amendments to the Bill about post-16 issues. The first would require enrichment activities to be provided on a statutory basis and properly funded by the Government. The second amendment would reinstate the EMA. Unfortunately, due to the parliamentary arithmetic, neither of these amendments was successful. However, thanks to lobbying by hundreds of NUT members there was much support from a wide range of MPs for these particular concerns.

The Bill now goes to the House of Lords and the NUT will lobby peers to improve the Bill. The NUT's latest briefing on the Bill can be found here.

This document provides information and guidance to NUT representatives and members on OFSTED Sixth Form College inspections.

This policy response emphasises the NUT’s 14-19 policy which calls for a coherent unified system of 14-19 qualifications system. The Union has long-campaigned for a single Diploma structure.

This 14-19 policy paper is based on the policies of the NUT and the University and College Union . This policy summarises and collates their policies and will hopefully stimulate further discussion and debate. The policy further emphasises the importance of the school and college sectors working together to meet the needs of all learners. This joint policy will be a powerful tool for teachers and lecturers as they work to strengthen relationships between the two sectors.

An additional professional day for schools! This leaflet summarises the changes for the new Secondary Curriculum which will be introduced from September 2008.

This response outline the nut’s view that it has sought consistently for the return of local democratic control of 14-19 provision to local authorities. In this the response the nut argues for an audit to take place to ascertain the capacity of local authorities to take on the strategic role of commissioning 14-19 funding and to deliver the2013 14-19 entitlement.

This document provides a checklist of key issues and advice for NUT members to discuss with their NUT college representatives.

The NUT has campaigned tirelessly over the years to reduce workload, establish limits to working time and improve work-life balance for teachers in schools and in sixth form colleges. It is agai