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Jenny Gilruth has been told ‘teachers are struggling’ and need the government to deliver on its 2021 pledge to cut class contact time by 90 minutes a week

This week’s essential education news includes the NEU’s plan to win support for teacher strike action and a major change to training and early career frameworks

The return of the Stormont government will be welcomed by school leaders, but work to improve the education landscape will require a new ‘sense of urgency’, says Graham Gault

Biggest teaching union plans to ‘agitate’ on teacher pay later this year

Government plan to impose minimum service levels during teacher strikes will ‘add to the increasing unpopularity of teaching’, unions warn

ÌÇÐÄVlog’ education news round-up this week includes more schools in deficit as a result of rising costs, new guidance on technology and schools’ support pact for Ofsted inspections

Reducing staffing and learning support for pupils are among the cuts school leaders say they will have to make to fund the 2023-24 teacher pay deal, a new survey finds

Trainee maths and science teachers should be paid more, says Teach First chief in response to survey findings

Unions say the ‘slightly above’ inflation claim for 2024-25 would be ‘a modest step towards restoring teachers’ pay’

England’s biggest teaching union will begin an indicative ballot over possible strike action on pay and school funding

ÌÇÐÄVlog’ education news round-up this week includes a list of tasks teachers should not have to perform and the withdrawal of the performance-related pay requirement

Target dates are needed on key government promises around temporary teacher contracts, non-contact time, education reform and free breakfasts, says Labour