27 July 2026
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Union: We Will Not Let Leaders be Forced Out

NAHT Assistant General Secretary Robert Kelsall says the union will not just stand-by as it warns of an escalating dispute with the DESC.

Last night Manx.News received a copy of a letter sent by the union to the government calling for an urgent meeting to announced a “formal notice of a collective dispute”.

Mr Kelsall has said the Union “will not stand-by and see school leaders forced out of their jobs and left crushed”.

Responding to a tweet from Onchan MHK Julie Edge which accused the department of “weak leadership”, Mr Kelsall said: “I truly thought lessons had been learnt.”

Adding: “Regrettably, a toxic culture has once again taken hold.”

Citing a “toxic culture”, Mr Kelsall wrote to interim chief executive Mark Lewin to call for a meeting to be arranged “at the earliest opportunity to seek a resolution and to avoid any further escalation of this dispute”

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