Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Wednesday
16th Mar 2022
Private school pension deal ends strike
Teachers at 23 independent schools stop walkout action after settlement reached
Teaching overseas: the unexpected money worries
International teaching offers attractive salaries but teachers often find that surprise costs abroad leave them short of cash – and this is an issue that schools need to consider in their recruitment processes, finds Sean Smith
Friday
11th Mar 2022
Need to know: Ofsted plans, teacher pay and Ukraine
Your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including Ofsted’s key focus, DfE teacher pay plans and Ukrainian refugee school places
DfE: More ‘flexibility’ on ECF as mentors dip
Schools minister writes to schools to set out early career framework changes as new data shows patchy mentor take-up
Thursday
10th Mar 2022
Teacher pay: What the DfE’s plans mean for you
The government wants to increase teachers’ starting salary to £30,000 – but its newly published proposals would affect more experienced teachers, too. 91¶¶Òõ explains the DfE’s plans in detail
Teachers ‘could face severe real-terms pay cuts’
The chancellor will need to impose real-terms pay cuts in the public sector or change borrowing or spending plans, warns the IFS
Monday
7th Mar 2022
Education is joint top sector affected by long Covid
Teaching and education staff now have the joint highest incidence of long Covid, alongside social care workers
Teacher pension strikes suspended as talks begin
Exclusive: Teachers at 23 private schools in the Girls’ Day School Trust were due to take part in strike action again this week
Friday
4th Mar 2022
DfE sets out plan for £30k teacher starting salary by 2023
The Department for Education has said that a significant pay rise is needed to recruit new teachers
EIS committee wants members to accept teacher pay offer
Teaching union says the focus should be on campaigning for a 10 per cent pay rise in 2022-23
Call for teacher and head pay rise as supply ‘on the brink’
Five unions demand an uplift in pay to reverse the ‘devastating’ impact of pay ‘attacks’ on the profession