Pay & Conditions

The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more

Friday

15th Oct 2021

It’s nothing like ‘business as usual’ for schools now
Schools feel like the government has abandoned them to deal with all the Covid pressures themselves, says Geoff Barton

Wednesday

13th Oct 2021

Revealed: What academy trusts pay chief executives
Benchmarking tool is launched – in response to new research – to help MATs decided what to pay their senior management

Tuesday

12th Oct 2021

Walker: Teacher development and recruitment are key
In an exclusive ÌÇÐÄVlog article, the new minister for school standards says new initiatives will boost teachers’ careers

Sunday

10th Oct 2021

When teachers should say ‘no’ - and how to do it
Learning to say no is critical in a demanding profession like teaching, so Jamie Thom has come up with five tips on how it’s done

Saturday

9th Oct 2021

Move to scrap teacher hours cap an ‘insult’, warn heads
NAHT conference backs emergency motion opposing reported plan to remove the cap on teachers’ directed hours

Thursday

7th Oct 2021

Ministers must ‘catch up’ with recovery effort - heads
Heads ‘made sacrifices’ while ‘lamentable’ government lacked direction, union boss to say

Wednesday

6th Oct 2021

Johnson: £3K payments for maths and science teachers
Prime minister says new £3,000 ‘premium’ will send the ‘best maths and science teachers’ to disadvantaged schools

Tuesday

5th Oct 2021

IB criticised over UK gender pay gap
International Baccalaureate says it will work to fix a gender gap in pay and bonuses
Removing cap on teacher hours ‘would hit recruitment’
Education research chief cautions against adding to teachers’ ‘unmanageable workload’ by lifting limit on working hours

Monday

4th Oct 2021

PM must stop schools ‘firing and rehiring’, union warns
Union leader to tell Conservative Party conference the practice is causing ‘anxiety and misery’ for teachers and their families

Sunday

3rd Oct 2021

School staff leaders reject scrapping teacher hours cap
Both heads’ and teachers’ union leaders criticise a reported plan to remove a cap on teachers’ directed working hours

Friday

1st Oct 2021

Teachers don’t need ‘life hacks’ - just more time
‘Pedagimmickry’ won’t miraculously transform the lives of time-poor school staff. What’s needed is the political will for change, writes Henry Hepburn