Association of Teachers and Lecturers | |
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| Abbreviation | ATL |
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| Merged into | National Education Union |
| Founded | 1978 (merger of AAM and AMA) |
| Dissolved | 1 September 2017 |
| Headquarters | 7 Northumberland Street, London |
| Location | |
Members | 200,631 (2015)[1] |
Key people |
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| Affiliations | EI, TUC, Unions 21[2] |
| Website | www |
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) was a trade union, teachers' union and professional association, affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, in the United Kingdom representing educators from nursery and primary education to further education. In March 2017, ATL members endorsed a proposed merger with the National Union of Teachers to form a new union known as the National Education Union, which came into existence on 1 September 2017.[3] At that time, approximately 120,000 individuals belonged to the union (apart from those professions included in the name, education support staff and teaching assistants were also members), making it the third largest teaching and education union in the UK. ATL had members throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and British Service schools overseas.
The ATL brand continues as a section or subsidiary of the National Education Union.
- ^ "Form AR21: Annual Return for Trade Unions" (PDF). gov.uk. 2015. p. 2.
- ^ "ATL and the union movement". ATL. Association of Teachers and Lecturers. 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "NUT and ATL vote to merge into National Education Union". TheGuardian.com. 22 March 2017.