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'{{AFC submission|d|corp|u=Liff182|ns=118|decliner=StraussInTheHouse|declinets=20190104132412|ts=20190104094249}} <!-- Do not remove this line! --> {{draft|date=December 2018}} {{advert|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox organization | logo = File:Edapt.jpeg | logo_caption = Edu-legal support for school staff | headquarters = Manchester | name = Edapt | logo_size = | founder = John Roberts | website = http://www.edapt.org.uk }} '''Edapt''' is an organisation which provides [[Teacher|teachers]] and [[Teaching assistant (United Kingdom)|school staff]], in [[England]] and [[Wales]], with advice and accompaniment in individual employment disputes and [[Allegation|allegations]]. It was founded in 2011 as an alternative option to the traditional [[List of education trade unions|teaching unions]]. It is an independent, private organisation and not classed as a [[trade union]]. Edapt is [[Apoliticism|apolitical]] and does not take part in [[lobbying]] activities. Its Chief Executive is John Roberts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schoolsweek.co.uk/profile-john-roberts-chief-executive-edapt/|title=Profile: John Roberts, chief executive, Edapt|last=McInerney|first=Laura|date=2017-03-07|website=Schools Week|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> a former secondary-school teacher and current vice-president of the [[British Mountaineering Council|British Mountaineering Council.]] The organisation is based in [[Manchester|Manchester, England]]. == History == In 2012, Edapt commissioned an independent report from the education youth [[think tank]], LKMco<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lkmco.org/teachers-and-their-unions/|title=Teachers and their unions|date=2012-09-04|website=LKMco|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref>, which for the first time investigated teachers’ reasons for joining a trade union and their perceptions of them. Following publication of this report Edapt raised capital from a number of investors, 90% of whom were or had been teachers. After building resource with a number of teachers, legal firms, insurance specialists and education experts, Edapt launched publicly in September 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/11/10/private-schools-now-taking-legal-insurance-teachers-amid-rise/|title=Private schools now taking out legal insurance for teachers amid rise in legal action from parents|last=Turner|first=Camilla|date=2018-11-10|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-01-11|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Chief Executive, John Roberts explains about the origins of the organisation,''“''I came away thinking about allegations, and strike action, and why people were switched off from unions. I started wondering why no one had created an alternative so I thought I would investigate the barriers to entry''”''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schoolsweek.co.uk/profile-john-roberts-chief-executive-edapt/|title=Profile: John Roberts, chief executive, Edapt|last=McInerney|first=Laura|date=2017-03-07|website=Schools Week|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> [[The Independent]] explains that Edapt was established "... after a survey showed 44% of teacher trade union members were not interested in taking any form of industrial action."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/hundreds-of-teachers-sign-up-for-no-strike-service-offering-alternative-to-trade-unions-9093603.html|title=Hundreds of teachers sign up for 'no-strike' service offering|date=2014-01-29|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> == See also == * [[Education in the United Kingdom]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.edapt.org.uk/ Edapt website] [[Category:Organisations based in manchester]]'