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
2nd Apr 2021
How to make teacher pay go further in a recession
A pay freeze doesn鈥檛 make things easy 鈥� so it helps to think about what you do with your money, says Callum Jacobs
Call to end academy bosses鈥� 鈥榦bscene, eye-watering鈥� pay
New NASUWT president says public money must be protected from the 鈥榳orst excesses鈥� of 鈥榃ild West鈥� deregulated education
Teacher victim of pupil assault gets 拢155K compensation
Payout is part of 拢11.7m compensation secured by NASUWT for school staff for issues such as bullying and harassment
鈥楴o justification鈥� for academy pay secrecy
The DfE must stop 鈥榟iding the reality of excessive leadership pay in the academy sector鈥�, says the NASUWT union
Thursday
1st Apr 2021
Scottish teacher pay offer 鈥榗ompletely inadequate鈥�
The deal would result in a 1 per cent pay settlement 鈥榝or the majority of teachers鈥�, says EIS teaching union
Fears that pandemic workload is leading to teacher anxiety
NASUWT delegates to debate mental health problems being 鈥榚xacerbated鈥� by 鈥榰nmanageable聽workloads鈥� during the Covid crisis
Teaching assistants 鈥榓re the unsung heroes of Covid鈥�
New research shines a light on how teaching assistants stepped up to keep schools functioning during the winter lockdown
Exclusive: Catch-up 鈥榗ould trigger teacher burnout鈥�
鈥楽ustainable approach鈥� needed for catch-up or else schools could 鈥榣ose valuable teachers鈥�, union leader warns
Friday
26th Mar 2021
Teachers have worked 12 months solid. We need a break
Exams guidance has been published 鈥� just in time for Easter. But Covid only exacerbates an existing workload problem, says Geoff Barton
Heads supply may 鈥榗ollapse鈥� as under half recommend job
More than two-thirds of leaders are聽less content聽in their role than they were聽a year ago, report finds