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
19th Jul 2023
NEU: Third of executive vote against 6.5% pay deal
A faction within the NEU has launched its own 鈥楨ducators Say No!鈥� campaign, urging members to vote against accepting the latest pay award and against ending industrial action
General election: 鈥楤urning need鈥� to prioritise schools
Competing demands for funds mean there is a 鈥榞enuine risk鈥� that education will lose out in the next general election, says think tank
Monday
17th Jul 2023
鈥榁ery risky鈥� to reject pay deal, NEU boss warns members
NEU teaching union members have been urged to accept the government鈥檚 deal, which the DfE has confirmed will be partly funded by tutoring underspends
6 things education ministers were grilled on today
Ministers faced questions in Parliament today over teacher pay, standards in primary schools, gender identity and registers for children who are not in school
Review of the year: what happened in schools in 2022-23
We take you through 糖心Vlog鈥� biggest stories, most important analyses and most read teaching and learning articles of the past academic year
Thursday
13th Jul 2023
Teachers offered 6.5% pay deal
The government has accepted the STRB鈥檚 recommendation for teacher pay in England
Strikes: Use of supply staff during walkouts ruled unlawful
Unions have won a High Court legal challenge against the government over a law allowing the use of supply staff to cover staff taking industrial action
Succumbing to the lure of international teaching
An experienced teacher explains why he wanted to spend his later career years working abroad 鈥� and why schools in the UK need to get smart about hiring those returning home
Wednesday
12th Jul 2023
Teacher strikes: NASUWT members back walkouts
Union to launch continuous action short of strikes commencing in September and consider strike dates
鈥業ncreasing secondary pay over primary could fix supply issues鈥�
This 鈥榬adical鈥� option is among many that a new NFER report considers, writes Sarah Tang
Teacher pay: 6.5% rise 鈥榰nlikely鈥� to make 鈥榮ignificant difference鈥�
New research report says a full correction on teacher pay would need a聽16.5 per cent rise for 2024