Pay & Conditions

The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more

Saturday

6th Mar 2021

Every teacher ‘should have a guaranteed job’
Education recovery after Covid will require ‘more in-class support’, say the Scottish Liberal Democrats

Friday

5th Mar 2021

Pregnant teachers’ Covid fears over return to classroom
Teachers in their third trimester are anxious over being asked to work face-to-face in schools amid unclear guidance

Wednesday

3rd Mar 2021

Most heads ‘thinking of quitting amid Covid chaos’
Ministers’ ‘chaotic decision-making’ blamed as school leaders’ union warns of an ‘exodus’ of experienced staff

Tuesday

2nd Mar 2021

Not ‘appropriate’ to strike over 8 March, says NEU boss
NEU joint leader Mary Bousted says it would not be achievable to organise a national ballot by the school reopening date

Monday

1st Mar 2021

Call to cancel qualifications for students staying on
Cancelling qualifications for S4 students – apart from those leaving school – would alleviate pressure, says union

Saturday

27th Feb 2021

Lockdown shows how period leave can work in schools
Expecting staff and pupils to carry on as normal while suffering terrible period pain is ‘brutally unfair’, says Gemma Clark
#BackToSchool advertising campaign aims to reassure
Radio and social media adverts booked by government as poll finds 27% of public oppose 8 March school openings

Wednesday

24th Feb 2021

Schools ‘able to pay’ teachers for summer catch-up work
Education secretary says summer schools will be run by existing school staff

Tuesday

23rd Feb 2021

School return plan ‘a gamble against scientific advice’
Union says classroom ventilation and personal protective equipment for staff need to be addressed as part of 8 March full reopenings

Thursday

18th Feb 2021

Hire supply teachers to cut class sizes, says union
An ‘army’ of out-of-work supply teachers should be deployed to support a Covid-safe return to school, says NASUWT
No pay rise? I’m worse off than I was five years ago
I feel undervalued and betrayed, says Zoë Crockford – as she spends her half-term reflecting on the teacher pay freeze
Remote learning increases workload, say 86% of teachers
YouGov poll for Ofsted provide more evidence of the toll the pandemic is taking on teachers’ working lives