Pay & Conditions

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

Thursday

18th Jan 2024

Schools at forefront of landmark NI strike action
Failure of teacher pay in Northern Ireland to keep pace with rest of UK has brought ‘crisis’ to the profession, say school leaders
Schools at forefront of landmark Northern Ireland strike action
Performance-related pay is ending - but what comes next?
The end of the decade-long bonus pay experiment may be welcomed by many, but it leaves questions about how future pay rises will be decided, says the EPI’s James Zuccollo
Performance-related pay is ending - but what comes next?

Wednesday

17th Jan 2024

Cutting class-contact time ‘missing piece of jigsaw’, says Gilruth
More ‘time for teachers’ is key to tackling behaviour and poor attendance, says education secretary – but it won’t be delivered this year
Gilruth jigsaw

Monday

15th Jan 2024

DfE ‘reinserts’ list of tasks teachers should not do
List aimed at cutting teacher workload includes ‘investigating a pupil’s absence’ and ‘producing and collating analyses of attendance figures’
Boomerang list

Friday

5th Jan 2024

‘Vital’ that pay offer attracts more teachers
After strike action over teacher pay in 2023, the EIS calls for less ‘stalling’ over salary increases this time round
Attracting teachers bees flowers

Saturday

23rd Dec 2023

Flexible working: four ways to make it a reality in schools
How can schools embrace more flexible working? Grainne Hallahan speaks to leaders to find out how they are implementing it successfully in their settings
flexible working

Thursday

21st Dec 2023

Teacher pay body warned to ‘assert its independence’
Unions tell teacher pay body not to feel ‘constrained’ after Gillian Keegan asks it to take financial pressures into account in recommending pay rise for 2024-25
Don’t feel ‘constrained’ by tight school budgets, Teacher pay body warned

Tuesday

19th Dec 2023

Scottish Budget: universal free school meals plan remains vague
But councils given £1.5 million to wipe out pupils’ existing school-meal debt, says finance secretary Shona Robison as she sets out Scotland’s Budget for 2024-25
Shona Robison

Monday

18th Dec 2023

Northern Ireland teachers announce new strike action
Five unions are set to take part in the 24-hour teacher strike over pay in January
Teacher strike

Friday

15th Dec 2023

How England lost its teachers - and how it can get them back
England is suffering an acute undersupply of teachers, and more are leaving than ever before. Matilda Martin investigates why this is happening and whether the trend can be turned around
How did the recruitment and retention crisis happen - and is it fixable?

Wednesday

13th Dec 2023

DfE ‘treating teachers with contempt’ over pay
NASUWT general secretary Dr Patrick Roach warns DfE that ‘future industrial action cannot be ruled out’
Utter contempt littering

Monday

11th Dec 2023

Teacher pay ‘must exceed 3.3% next year’, says expert
Schools will need more funding for teacher pay as average UK salaries are set to rise by more than previously forecast, expert warns
teacher pay