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
6th Apr 2023
Teacher strikes: ‘Pay fight might not be won this year’
Outgoing NEU joint general secretaries warn Gillian Keegan to ‘do her job’ as they admit dispute might not be won on their watch
Mental health leads: over 8 in 10 teachers don’t get enough support
Just 8 per cent of teachers who responded to an NEU survey said they had sufficient access to Camhs support
SEND: Teachers struggle to ‘paper over cracks’ of broken system
NASUWT survey reveals just 3% of teachers say pupils with special educational needs or disabilities always receive the support to which they are entitled
Tuesday
4th Apr 2023
Level up pay across UK or lose teachers, DfE warned
The government’s pay offer would leave experienced teachers in England more than £10k worse off than in Scotland, hitting retention in bordering counties, heads warn
Northern Irish teachers to strike later this month
Full day of action in Northern Ireland follows half-day strike in February, and is likely to see most schools close
ASCL members reject government pay offer
School leaders’ union follows NEU teaching union in turning down the proposed deal, and will now discuss the option of industrial action
Monday
3rd Apr 2023
NEU tables urgent vote on strikes from SeptemberÂ
Teachers at the NEU teaching union annual conference are also set to debate the possibility of a 4-day strike during key stage 2 Sats week
NEU rejects government’s teacher pay offer
This means that two new national strike dates will go ahead on 27 April and 2 May
Friday
31st Mar 2023