Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Monday
22nd Mar 2021
Warning of ‘dominant’ academy bosses going unchallenged
New report urges multi-academy trusts to ‘open up’ to external scrutiny
Diversity in teaching report: key messages
Schools must be more proactive in countering the racism that still exists in education, says landmark report
Prolonged teacher pay freeze risks supply ‘challenge’
Pay restraint beyond 2021-22 could lead to ‘increasingly uncompetitive’ profession, NFER report warns
Revealed: How teacher happiness dropped during pandemic
Teachers experienced low points in life satisfaction in spring and autumn last year, research shows
Friday
19th Mar 2021
Geoff Barton to serve second term as ASCL leader
Former headteacher Geoff Barton can now continue to lead the Association of School and College Leaders until 2027
Almost 300 unregistered teachers in independent schools
Separate evidence suggests explanation could be ‘eccentricities’ in how teaching qualifications are recognised
Pushback against pressure on schools to handle appeals
EIS teaching union accuses the SQA of favouring appeals run by schools and colleges
Average teacher pension drops by 10% since 2000
‘Cuts to pension have gone too far,’ union warns, as National Audit Office report reveals long-term cuts
Thursday
18th Mar 2021
Teachers working in supermarkets ‘to make ends meet’
First minister under fire over the ‘thousands and thousands of teachers’ unable to find permanent work
England a world leader in teacher stress
More than two in three teachers in England report being stressed by school accountability measures compared to 45% global average