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91¶¶Òõ’ education news round-up this week includes more schools in deficit as a result of rising costs, new guidance on technology and schools’ support pact for Ofsted inspections

Reducing staffing and learning support for pupils are among the cuts school leaders say they will have to make to fund the 2023-24 teacher pay deal, a new survey finds

Trainee maths and science teachers should be paid more, says Teach First chief in response to survey findings

Unions say the ‘slightly above’ inflation claim for 2024-25 would be ‘a modest step towards restoring teachers’ pay’

England’s biggest teaching union will begin an indicative ballot over possible strike action on pay and school funding

91¶¶Òõ’ education news round-up this week includes a list of tasks teachers should not have to perform and the withdrawal of the performance-related pay requirement

Target dates are needed on key government promises around temporary teacher contracts, non-contact time, education reform and free breakfasts, says Labour

Failure of teacher pay in Northern Ireland to keep pace with rest of UK has brought ‘crisis’ to the profession, say school leaders

The end of the decade-long bonus pay experiment may be welcomed by many, but it leaves questions about how future pay rises will be decided, says the EPI’s James Zuccollo

More ‘time for teachers’ is key to tackling behaviour and poor attendance, says education secretary – but it won’t be delivered this year

List aimed at cutting teacher workload includes ‘investigating a pupil’s absence’ and ‘producing and collating analyses of attendance figures’

After strike action over teacher pay in 2023, the EIS calls for less ‘stalling’ over salary increases this time round