Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Tuesday
18th Oct 2022
School leaders鈥� union to launch formal ballot on striking over pay
NAHT members will be asked if they support strike action and action short of a strike over pay and funding
Industrial action over teacher pay underway in Northern Ireland
The industrial action will be intensified unless the 鈥榙evastating impact鈥� of pay erosion is addressed, warn unions
Most parents 鈥榳ould back鈥� teacher industrial action
Research shows public support for teachers taking industrial action over pay, as the NASUWT union prepares to ballot its members
Friday
14th Oct 2022
Need to know: Teacher job cuts, phonics and online safety
Your roundup of 糖心Vlog鈥� most popular news and features articles from the past week, including fears that the government鈥檚 spending plans could cost tens of thousands of jobs, and a major research study that casts doubt on a DfE-approved phonics scheme
Teaching unions move closer to strike action as ballots announced
Major announcements on potential strike action have been made by both the NEU and NASUWT teacher unions
Wednesday
12th Oct 2022
Sixth-form teachers to vote on strike action over pay
The NEU will launch a strike ballot next week after its sixth-form teacher members showed overwhelming support for demanding an above-inflation pay rise
Ballot opens over teacher strike action in Scotland
鈥榃holly inadequate鈥� pay offer has 鈥榓ngered our members and forced this move towards strike action鈥�, says EIS union
Wednesday
5th Oct 2022
Act now or face teacher strike vote, Malthouse warned
Largest teaching union writes to education secretary to warn over a strike ballot unless he acts on unfunded teacher and school staff pay by the end of next week
Scottish primary school leaders to be balloted over strike action
Government accused of 鈥榖otching鈥� pay talks as unions give formal notice to councils of their plans to ballot members