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

20th Oct 2023

Breaking: Keegan urges unions to engage over minimum service levels
Education secretary has told unions DfE will introduce minimum service levels in schools if voluntary agreement is not reached
Strikes: Minimum service levels
Scottish teachers are ‘overworked and underpaid’, EIS tells UN
The union says ‘national action’ is needed on teacher workload, lack of preparation time and pay restoration
So tired

Thursday

19th Oct 2023

New school support staff strike date announced
The plans for more walkouts in Scotland over pay follow the news earlier this week that Unison members rejected the latest council worker pay deal
New school support staff strike date announced

Wednesday

18th Oct 2023

‘Policy needs to change to retain effective heads’
Few people have as much influence over teacher job satisfaction as the headteacher who sets the culture of their school, says education expert James Zuccollo
'Policy needs to change to retain effective heads'

Sunday

15th Oct 2023

Early years: Fix ‘grim’ workforce crisis first, Labour warned
Early years leaders and experts warn emergency funding and an immediate plan to fix the workforce shortage is needed if Labour is to achieve its aims for the sector
Early years settings in schools
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Friday

13th Oct 2023

NI heads deliver census returns by hand amid pay ‘gridlock’
The NAHT Northern Ireland school leaders’ union says it is ‘unprecedented’ that headteachers would take such action
Census delivery

Thursday

12th Oct 2023

Weekly round-up: Labour’s big plans and school closures
This week’s must-read education news includes Labour’s plans for schools and one head’s first-hand account of a school closing because of the falling birth rate
Round up Labour

Tuesday

10th Oct 2023

Governors call for long-term school staff pay plan
The National Governance Association sets out an education manifesto to tackle the big issues raised by governors at schools across the country
Governors are calling for the DfE to produce a long term pay plan for school staff.
DfE announces £196m to recruit more teachers
But headteachers’ leaders warn that focus is also needed on retaining teachers
Education fund

Monday

9th Oct 2023

Call for maximum 35-hour week for teachers
Union wants a ‘New Deal for Teachers’ including ‘real-terms pay restoration’ and action to cut workload and improve teacher-pupil ratios
Call for maximum 35-hour week for teachers

Friday

6th Oct 2023

‘We must do more for teacher-fathers’
For the final piece in the series looking at how parenthood impacts teachers, Emma Sheppard discusses how conditions for teacher-fathers and partners can be improved
Father teachers
Is the end nigh for performance-related pay?
Wales dropped PRP for teachers in 2020 in favour of yearly pay rises. Could England follow suit? Grainne Hallahan follows the money
Is the end nigh for performance-related pay?