Britain’s biggest teaching union is coaching its members on how to bring the “Palestinian struggle” into schools.

The National Education Union (NEU) is holding a workshop next month to train members in how to “advocate for Palestine in our schools”.

At the same time, the union encouraged teachers to hold a day of action in their schools on Thursday to highlight “the Palestinian struggle for freedom”.

Critics have accused the NEU of spreading pro-Palestine propaganda and warned that both events could breach legislation barring the promotion of partisan political views in schools.

They say they could also go against rules requiring councils and head teachers to ensure pupils are presented with a balance of opposing views on political issues.

The NEU-organised workshop, being held in Liverpool on June 14, is being run by Makan, an educational group that works towards “adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle”, which are “aimed at strengthening the movement for Palestinian liberation”.

Makan says its workshops are designed to provide “foundational knowledge on key issues like the Nakba, settler colonialism, imperialism, and apartheid”.