Monday
Teacher strike: ‘More than half’ of secondaries to partly close
One in seven schools is set to close to all pupils during the teacher pay strike on Wednesday, a poll suggests
Support staff unions demand 12.7% pay rise
Unions also ask for a flat increase to bring the minimum hourly pay for school support staff to £15 within two years
Last-ditch talks fail to avert teacher strike
Teaching union gears up for a national strike on Wednesday after ‘deeply disappointing’ eleventh-hour negotiations with the education secretary
Friday
Strikes: Keegan’s last-ditch plea to keep schools open
The education secretary appeared resigned to teacher strikes going ahead next week as she urged leaders to keep their schools open during the action
Teacher pay must go up if education is a priority, chancellor told
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt highlighted the importance of education in a speech today
Strikes: Heads warn over ‘hardline’ DfE approach
Leaders are weighing up whether they can keep schools open during teacher strikes, telling the DfE it won’t be like the pandemic when staff were keen to help
Teacher strikes: What school leaders need to know
Do schools have to report their strike plans to government? Are support staff taking part? Can heads force staff to cover classes? ÌÇÐÄVlog answers the 11 burning questions facing school leaders in the run-up to next week’s strikes
Teacher pay: Heads call for 15% ‘uplift’ in ‘last chance’ review
NAHT general secretary says the STRB process has ‘failed’ the education profession
Thursday
DfE to miss teacher pay review deadline
A school leaders’ union will now also be asking for an extension to the deadline
Weekly round-up: the countdown to teacher strikes
Your round-up of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ must-read news and analysis from the past week features all the build-up to next week’s national teacher strike over pay, Ofsted under fire over its school inspection ratings and insight into the different funding systems used by academy trusts
