Unions

The latest news and analysis on teaching unions in the UK, including teacher strikes, pay disputes, industrial action and more

Tuesday

16th Jul 2024

No teacher pay decision this week, says Phillipson
Education secretary acknowledges urgency on teacher pay and says she wants to be ‘honest and upfront’ with schools sector
Bridget Phillipson

Friday

12th Jul 2024

Phillipson: ‘I need your help to deliver school reforms’
Education secretary hosts more than 150 school and wider education sector guests at the DfE, after pledge to ‘reset the relationship with the profession’
Phillipson: ‘I need your help to deliver school reforms’
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Monday

8th Jul 2024

Bridget Phillipson to meet with unions as ‘priority’
Department for Education also says it will expand the national teacher recruitment campaign but has not set out any details
Bridget Phillipson to meet with unions as ‘priority’

Friday

5th Jul 2024

‘Labour’s victory is a golden opportunity for education’
ASCL general secretary Pepe Di’Iasio says the sector is ready to work with the new government to develop policy to tackle problems facing schools nationwide
Labour’s election victory can mark a new era for education

Friday

28th Jun 2024

Ofsted report card model should have ‘slim’ set of standards
The Association of School and College Leaders has called for the creation of a new statutory set of standards to underpin school accountability reforms proposed by Labour
ASCL proposals ofsted report card shake up

Tuesday

18th Jun 2024

Sexual harassment and sexism ‘rife’, say support staff
Union findings come as support staff are told to reject pay offer of up to 5.77 per cent
Do not touch sign

Sunday

16th Jun 2024

Most teachers consider leaving due to Ofsted stress
Majority of teachers believe the watchdog has a ‘negative impact’ on teaching and want it abolished, a poll shows
Scribble stress

Thursday

13th Jun 2024

Funding crisis ‘will increase class sizes’ in most schools
One head in an ASCL poll warns that the only thing left to cut is teaching staff after ‘paring everything back to the bone’
Packed suitcase

Tuesday

11th Jun 2024

Glasgow teachers to take industrial action over job cuts
EIS members in Glasgow vote heavily in favour of taking in favour of action that could result in strikes
Glasgow teachers to take industrial action over job cuts

Monday

10th Jun 2024

Real-terms cuts to schools in Wales laid bare by new data
Education bodies and unions collectively call for all political parties to commit to a plan to invest the funding needed to eradicate all school cuts
Real-terms cuts to schools in Wales laid bare by new data
Schools under ‘severe strain’, ASCL warns party leaders
Spending money on managing SEND deficits rather than meeting children’s needs is a situation ‘close to madness’, says the union
Schools under ‘severe strain’ from funding and teacher shortage, party leaders told

Friday

7th Jun 2024

EIS: School violence reduction ‘wishful thinking’ without extra money
Using class-contact reduction for ‘collegiate time’ is another ‘absolute red line’, says union chief Andrea Bradley, who also calls on Scottish government to ‘come clean’ on teacher numbers
Behaviour plan 'wishful thinking' without extra money, says EIS chief