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Schools need more support staff but another ‘unfunded’ pay rise could force heads to make cuts, warns leaders’ union

Union says strike action could hit students’ exam appeals process, while SQA states that results are on track for 9 August

Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular news and features articles from the past week includes all the reaction to the teacher pay rises, a big announcement about Sats and Ofsted’s concerns about schools being too focused on exams

How much worse could the teacher recruitment problems possibly get? Matilda Martin digs into the latest ITT data to reveal the outlook for September and beyond

Five education unions issue a joint statement condemning the government’s handling of teacher pay rises for 2022-23

A further rise of 3.5% is planned for next year, but teaching unions react angrily

Experienced teachers will be given a 5 per cent pay increase in September – but this is higher than many school leaders had budgeted for

Jack Worth from the NFER explains why the rise in salaries – despite being the biggest increase in years – has worked out badly for both staff and schools, and why fixing this should be an urgent job for the next prime minister

Case could ‘open floodgates’ for term-time workers to demand more holiday pay from schools, say lawyers

‘A perfect storm’ of simultaneous strike action across the four UK nations is brewing over teacher pay, warns Scottish teaching union

ÌÇÐÄVlog breaks down the different teacher pay increases announced by the government yesterday – and why they have already proved so controversial

Headteacher union leaders also warn that the lack of funding for the teacher pay rises could lead to schools making redundancies