Tuesday
Are teachers paid enough? Let’s do the sums
Teachers might appear relatively well paid but long hours mean they are earning less than those in other careers
Nursery schools ‘pushed to the brink’, heads warn
More than a third of maintained nursery schools are cutting staff and services due to lost income and extra Covid costs
Friday
Academy trust fights injunction over masks in class
Multi-academy trust in court to defend its policy of masks in the classroom – which is in line with national guidance
Exclusive: Recovery at risk as school staff cuts loom
Schools are having to ‘lose people who should be in front of children just to balance the books’, warns heads union leader
Tuesday
Some teachers need ‘complete break’ not summer schools
While some staff may have energy for summer schools, others will need a break ‘after the year they’ve had’, sector leader warns
Are teachers’ lunch breaks under threat now, too?
We’ve all adapted to new timetables this year – but we need to make sure our lunch breaks aren’t lost, says Clare Owen
GCSEs 2021: Ofqual ‘conscious’ of teacher workload
Ofqual justifies plan to collect grading samples from all schools, which has been criticised as ‘scandalous’ by heads
Thursday
Catch-up tsar: Don’t ‘force’ more hours on teachers
Sir Kevan Collins also says he would ‘never advocate’ increasing teaching time without raising pay
Does flexible working mean the same hours for less pay?
The DfE says flexible working will help retention – but not if part-time means working extra hours, says Yvonne Williams
Why state teachers’ pensions could be under threat, too
The Teachers’ Pension Scheme is under attack – and it isn’t just a private-school problem, says David James
