Monday
Exclusive: Teaching union’s pandemic membership boost
NASUWT reports almost 19,000 new paying members in 2020, after losing more than 10,000 the year before
Call to help teachers suffering with long Covid
‘High incidence’ of long Covid among teachers ‘deeply alarming’, says union calling for it to be seen as ‘a disability’
Friday
What did the education secretary tell teachers today?
Shirley-Anne Somerville addressed the EIS teaching union today – so what did we learn?
‘Sex abuse in schools is an issue that shames us all’
Sexual harassment is a feature of every school and every college – but we can’t fix the problem alone, says Geoff Barton
Are schools on the brink of a burnout crisis?
The teaching profession was already ravaged by burnout due to excessive working and exhaustion – and then the pandemic arrived to fan the flames. Jessica Powell investigates the primary causes of workplace stress for teachers, the impact of Covid – and what schools can do to protect the wellbeing of their staff
Thursday
Teaching assistant workload flagged in new pay talks
Union asks if extra work of teaching assistants during pandemic is sustainable as it re-enters urgent talks seeking 10 per cent pay rise
Delays to teacher pay talks ‘not conducive to recovery’
Scotland’s biggest teaching union says it is ‘frustrated and disappointed’ over slow pace of pay negotiations
New ‘lead teacher’ posts to be introduced in August
But union boss says plans have been ‘watered down’, citing lack of leadership and funding
Teaching job interviews: how to withdraw on the day
If you go to a teacher job interview and feel that the role just isn’t for you, what should do?
