Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Tuesday
14th Mar 2023
NEU attacks ‘new and unusual’ DfE stance on pay talksÂ
Heads’ union leader criticises the DfE for creating an ‘impasse’ in pay talks as he emerges from meeting with education secretary
NASUWT members vote to accept Scottish teacher pay offer
Marginal vote in favour of teacher pay offer follows votes by other unions to accept, although the NASUWT ‘remains in dispute’ with Scottish government and local authorities
Workload is unmanageable, say most school staff
A major report on school staff wellbeing, compiled by 91¶¶Òõ, also shows that only about one-third of staff feel valued at work
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Monday
13th Mar 2023
NEU: ‘Distraction politics’ won’t avert strikes
No teacher strike dates are planned from Friday, meaning the government will ‘run out of excuses for not negotiating’, warns NEU general secretary
Northern Ireland school leaders escalate industrial action
‘Nothing is off the table’ as headteachers’ union considers options in ongoing dispute over pay and conditions
Teacher pay: Welsh strikes on hold in wake of new offer
The teacher pay offer in Wales includes an 11.8 per cent pay rise over two years and a 1.5 per cent one-off payment this year
Thursday
9th Mar 2023
Weekly round-up: Teacher shortage, the pay battle and Ofsted
Your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes shocking research showing schools’ struggle to recruit staff, unions cranking up the pressure on teacher pay, and controversy over Ofsted’s latest move
Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association votes to accept pay offer
The union will now end its industrial action over pay, while the ballot result for Scotland’s largest union, the EIS, is due tomorrow
Call for urgent pay talks ahead of Budget
The NASUWT teaching union has said members’ patience is being ‘tested to the limit’
Wednesday
8th Mar 2023
Ofsted inspectors’ strike inspection plan ‘concern’
Four in five senior Ofsted inspectors are unhappy with the plan to start school inspections on Monday ahead of teacher strikes, a snapshot poll shows
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Support staff union plans strike ballot
Unison rejects a flat pay offer of £1,925 for school support staff from April