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
17th Mar 2021
Covid leaves teachers ‘drained and frustrated’
International school teachers feel angry, overwhelmed and stressed due to extra demands of pandemic, poll shows
Extending school time ‘must not feel like a punishment’
Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman says extending the school day will be time wasted if pupils switch off
Friday
12th Mar 2021
Teachers asked to Covid contact trace over Easter break
DfE says school and college staff need to be available for contact tracing in the first six days of the Easter holidays
Harris spends £750K on the wages of its top two earners
Academy chain now has two people earning more than £300K, including a chief executive earning between £455K and £460K
Exclusive: 7 academy leaders now paid more than £250K
High-profile academy chains and a single-school trust account for some of the country’s highest-paid leaders
Thursday
11th Mar 2021
Rethink of 6 week summer break ‘legitimate’, say heads
Academic year was built on ‘agrarian calendar and work patterns that now don’t apply’, says school leaders’ union
Teachers’ six-day strike over pensions
Private school staff walk out over Wycliffe College’s withdrawal from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Monday
8th Mar 2021
‘It’s as if women in education are invisible’
Teachers in classrooms risking their health are overwhelmingly women – yet our voices go unheard, says Yvonne Williams
Revealed: The reality of social distancing for teachers
Teachers post real pictures of their classrooms after parts of the media portray distanced desks and Perspex screens