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 Feb 2021

Teacher recruitment boost ‘short-term gain’, DfE admits
And ‘significant gaps’ remain in key subjects, despite ‘uplift’ in trainee teachers, government says
Only 6,400 teachers to get 2021 pay rise - of just £250
DfE confirms plan to ‘pause’ pay rises for vast majority of teachers, apart from small minority earning less than £24K

Saturday

13th Feb 2021

Exclusive: Exhausted teachers ‘pushed to the brink’
The demands of remote education this term have left teachers struggling physically and mentally, 91¶¶Òõ survey shows

Tuesday

2nd Feb 2021

The stresses of teaching outside your comfort zone
The retention crisis in FE means too many college staff are told to teach outside of their subject, writes this lecturer

Friday

29th Jan 2021

Jon Richards: The man speaking up for support staff
Jon Richards, head of education at Unison, talks about fighting for the safety of support staff in the Covid crisis
Teacher pay gap between college types widens
More teachers than ever are leaving the college sector within two years, new research on the FE workforce reveals

Monday

25th Jan 2021

Ofsted: Remote learning ‘threat’ to teacher wellbeing
The watchdog says increasing workload during the pandemic is an ongoing challenge for schools

Wednesday

13th Jan 2021

UCU: Concerns over staff safety in England’s prisons
England’s biggest prison education provider must meet with UCU to discuss safety concerns, says the union

Sunday

10th Jan 2021

The reality of lockdown as a teacher this week
It’s been a rocky start to 2021, and Kirsty Walker is feeling as though it’s Groundhog Day already

Sunday

27th Dec 2020

91¶¶Òõ FE people of the year: The membership organisations
It’s been tough for FE staff and students – but, no matter the challenge, membership organisations have had their backs

Thursday

24th Dec 2020

‘We forgot Gavin!’- Home Alone, the education version
Jonathan Simons puts an education spin on a classic Christmas film – with Gavin Williamson stuck alone in No 10...

Friday

4th Dec 2020

Association of Colleges names new chair
Dr Shaid Mahmood, chair of the Luminate Group, is appointed as the new Association of Colleges chair