Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Friday
29th Mar 2024
Nine in 10 teachers back strikes in NEU indicative ballot
NEU teaching union members support striking again over pay and funding in indicative ballot with a 50.3 per cent turnout
NASUWT: Teachers are facing ‘dystopian’ stress levels
The teaching union is campaigning for ‘a new deal for teachers’ in the run-up to the next general election
Thursday
28th Mar 2024
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves
This week’s essential education news includes teachers being hit particularly hard by a real-terms drop in pay and thousands of students’ ‘unexplained’ school moves
‘Frustration’ at performance pay changes no-show
The DfE said in January it aimed to give schools ‘sufficient notice to prepare during the summer for September 2024 implementation’
Exclusive
What’s it really like to join a MAT?
Teachers all over the country are being told their school will join a multi-academy trust. But what is the experience like for staff? 91¶¶Òõ asked frontline teachers and those in SLT for their stories – warts and all
Tuesday
26th Mar 2024
Exclusive: Why teacher numbers in Scotland are falling
Cuts to attainment gap funding, ‘significant’ challenges filling secondary posts and high probationer dropout rates – councils tell government the reasons behind the drop in teacher numbers
Teacher pay falls by more than public sector as a whole
IFS says cuts to pay of higher earners in the public sector has contributed to recruitment and retention problems
Thursday
21st Mar 2024
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and staff shortages
This week’s essential education news includes unions demanding an above-inflation teacher pay rise and warnings about another shortfall in trainee teachers
Pay offer backed by teachers and leaders in Northern Ireland
School leaders warn that teacher workload and many others issues have still to be resolved, but hope that higher pay will boost recruitment to the profession