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
24th Nov 2022
Scottish teacher pay strikes: another union rejects latest offer
On the day the EIS calls teachers out for the first national pay strike since the 1980s, the Scottish Secondary Teachers鈥� Association condemns 鈥榩athetic鈥� offer
Memories of 1980s pay strikes show why teachers must get a fair deal
Teachers had no choice but to go on strike, and experience from action in the 1980s shows the impact is painful for all, says this recently retired headteacher
Scottish primary heads: It鈥檚 time 鈥榯o make our voices heard鈥�
Headteachers must juggle school budgets all the time 鈥� primary heads are calling on government and councils to do the same and make them a better pay offer to stop strike action
Revealed: MAT group鈥檚 warning on 鈥榮tricken duck鈥� schools
The influential Queen Street Group of multi-academy trusts pledges to support small MATs and help more women to become leaders
Why Covid hasn鈥檛 halted international school expansion
An extract from the new edition of 鈥楾he State of Independence鈥� looks at why, despite numerous global upheavals in the past few years, the desire for international school expansion remains undiminished
Tuesday
22nd Nov 2022
National teacher pay strike in Scotland will go ahead
After an 鈥榠nsulting鈥� teacher pay offer this afternoon, the first national pay strike since the 1980s will go ahead on Thursday
鈥楴early half鈥� of schools use non-specialist maths teachers
The teacher shortage is forcing schools to use measures that could 鈥榙rag鈥� down pupil outcomes, experts warn
Revealed: the impact of teacher shortages on schools
The teacher recruitment challenges that schools face 鈥� and the effects that these can have on quality of education 鈥� have been laid bare by new NFER research