Pay & Conditions

The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more

Wednesday

23rd Apr 2025

School support staff offered 3.2% pay rise
National employers’ offer comes after the government warned that schools will have to make ‘efficiencies’ next year to cover pay rises for teachers and support staff
School support staff have been offered a 3.2 per cent pay rise

Monday

21st Apr 2025

Workload Around the World: Calendar planning and parent events
91¶¶Òõ’ series on reducing teacher workload takes us to New York, where a leader explains the benefits of giving staff a clear picture of what the academic year has in store
Skyline of New York city

Thursday

17th Apr 2025

NEU demands salary caps to rein in ‘scandalous’ CEO pay
Leader of the biggest teachers’ union also warns it will make Labour pay a ‘high political price’ if there is no significant improvement in teacher pay
Money
Warning to schools after teachers win £15m in payouts
Union warns schools over their ‘duty of care’ to teachers after helping staff to win compensation for injuries and discrimination
Injury cheque

Wednesday

16th Apr 2025

Teachers ‘won’t hesitate’ to take action over pension changes
NEU members vote to oppose any attempts to get staff to leave the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and fight the biggest MAT’s plan to allow staff to opt out
NEU strike action
More school support staff not being paid for extra hours
The working conditions of support staff ‘continue to deteriorate’ due to the underfunding of schools, says NEU boss in response to new research
Women clocking into work

Tuesday

15th Apr 2025

Teachers could strike from September
A formal ballot could be launched in June, says NEU general secretary – but he insists strike action is ‘completely avoidable’
Teachers could strike from September

Monday

14th Apr 2025

NEU to vote on ‘immediately’ planning strike ballot
Urgent motion at union’s conference calls for a formal ballot if the teacher pay offer remains ‘unacceptable’ after the review body process
Putting money in ballot box

Friday

11th Apr 2025

NEU members willing to strike for higher pay
Biggest teaching union will decide whether to proceed to a formal ballot on strike action at its annual conference next week
NEU members on strike holding placards

Tuesday

8th Apr 2025

NEU: Government doesn’t have ‘much choice’ but to increase pay offer
If next year’s teacher pay award does not take steps to address the recruitment and retention crisis, the system risks ‘grinding to a halt’, says NEU’s Daniel Kebede
Teachers could strike in September says NEU general secretary

Friday

4th Apr 2025

Northern Irish teachers accept 5.5% pay offer
Revised offer accepted by unions in Northern Ireland includes a pay rise, averts strikes and has secured an independent review on workload
Northern Irish teachers accept 5.5 per cent pay offer

Wednesday

2nd Apr 2025

DfE must recognise funding issues to tackle behaviour, says NASUWT
Union says funding is key to improving school safety and warns teachers need ‘the backing of ministers when it comes to dealing with violent and disruptive behaviour’
School funding is key to improving behaviour, says NASUWT union