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The government is right to tighten oversight of trust executive pay, but the policy must not lead to approval bottlenecks or battles between MATs and ministers, says NGA’s Sam Henson

The ballot of Unison members follows the union’s rejection of a 3.3 per cent pay offer from council employers

The Department for Education has engineered ‘very little’ of a recovery in the teacher workforce, with factors beyond the government’s control playing a big part, says EPI

Academy trust sector body tells members it is ‘testing the legalities’ of the government’s plan to limit MAT senior leaders’ pay

The DfE has told schools they will need to find the first 1 per cent of next year’s teacher pay rise – but this money will be on top of the ‘financial headroom’ the government claims exists in schools’ budgets

Multi-academy trusts will need government approval before advertising chief executive salaries above £174,000, under plans announced today

After the government’s announcement of a 3.5 per cent pay rise for teachers in England, here are the pay scales for the 2026-27 academic year

The government also announces curbs on the salaries of multi-academy trust executives

England’s education system is ‘not set up to serve white working-class children and families’, independent inquiry warns

A quarter of schools closed early this week as the UK had its hottest June day on record – with leaders calling for urgent action to cool classrooms

Unions warn timing of pay announcement has already been ‘knocked off course’ by political events, leaving teachers facing uncertainty and schools unable to budget

NEU issues warning as government highlights updated guidance for schools on what to do during heatwaves, with England facing record-breaking temperatures this week