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Your round-up of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes shocking research showing schools’ struggle to recruit staff, unions cranking up the pressure on teacher pay, and controversy over Ofsted’s latest move

The union will now end its industrial action over pay, while the ballot result for Scotland’s largest union, the EIS, is due tomorrow

The NASUWT teaching union has said members’ patience is being ‘tested to the limit’

Four in five senior Ofsted inspectors are unhappy with the plan to start school inspections on Monday ahead of teacher strikes, a snapshot poll shows

Unison rejects a flat pay offer of £1,925 for school support staff from April

Unions criticise education secretary Gillian Keegan after offer of arbitration was rejected

Figures analysed by ÌÇÐÄVlog reveal job adverts are 25% higher than pre-pandemic as school leaders warn of specialist teacher ‘panic buying’

The pilot scheme for languages and physics teachers, which could cost up to £4m next year, is ‘sign of desperation from the government’, says union leader

Secondary headteachers say the latest offer ‘devalues them’ given pay rises are capped for those earning over £80,000

The NEU has warned there could be further strike days in the summer term if there is no progress on pay talks with the government. How likely are we to see further action?

EIS union recommends that members accept the pay offer, which follows several rounds of teacher strike action since November

First education secretary in 16 years to turn down speaking at ASCL event as she ‘hopes to be in pay talks’ with striking NEU leaders