Pay & Conditions

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

Thursday

17th Aug 2023

Strike dates at Scottish schools announced
GMB Scotland says members in 10 councils – including school catering staff, janitors, cleaners and support workers – will walk out for two days next month
Scottish strike dates

Monday

14th Aug 2023

EIS calls on first minister to tackle teacher job security
Scottish teachers’ professional and personal lives are ‘in turmoil’ due to ‘precarity of employment’, warns EIS boss
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Thursday

10th Aug 2023

Weekly round-up: The exam factory and A-level grades
This week’s education news round-up includes the secrets of exam-paper processing; fears about next week’s A-level results; and pressure on Ofsted to recognise schools that support pupils in poverty
Round, up

Wednesday

9th Aug 2023

Want happier teachers? Get rid of the fluff
If the latest workload reduction taskforce really wants to make a difference, it should look at eradicating the pointless tasks that clog up teachers’ working days, explains Sam Sims
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Thursday

3rd Aug 2023

Weekly round-up: Pay deal accepted but strike threat remains
This week’s education news round-up includes the two main teacher unions accepting the government’s pay offer, a warning of strike action over workload and teacher training providers under ‘enormous pressure’
Round up

Wednesday

2nd Aug 2023

Limit school leaders’ working hours, says ASCL
The next government should also set up an independent curriculum body and extend free school meals, according to heads’ union ‘election manifesto’
Clocks on wall

Tuesday

1st Aug 2023

Scottish school support staff back strike action over pay
Cleaners, janitors, caterers and pupil support staff in almost a third of councils have backed industrial action
Scottish money

Monday

31st Jul 2023

Teacher pay rise: all you need to know
The government has offered a 6.5 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2023. What will happen next?
Teacher pay deal: All you need to know
NEU votes to accept 6.5% pay award and end strikes
Nearly 9 in 10 teachers who voted in a ballot held by the NEU union wanted to accept the government’s pay deal, after months of strike action
Strike action

Thursday

27th Jul 2023

Weekly round-up: Behaviour, teacher pay and Ofsted
This week’s essential education news includes a record number of school suspensions, analysis of the teacher pay deal and the challenges facing the next head of Ofsted
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Wednesday

26th Jul 2023

Teachers ‘pick up pieces’ of ‘dangerous misogyny’
Warning comes amid concerns over sexual harassment against women teachers and girls in schools
Teachers ‘pick up pieces’ of ‘dangerous misogyny'

Friday

21st Jul 2023

Flexible working could help teachers’ admin overload
New research suggests teachers and middle leaders are spending around two hours a day on administrative tasks
Flexible working could help teachers’ admin overload