Pay & Conditions

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

Wednesday

10th Mar 2021

MAT spent £2.3m on severance and redundancy payouts
One individual was paid £32,000 in major restructuring at Academies Enterprise Trust, accounts reveal

Tuesday

9th Mar 2021

Longer days? Shorter holidays? Watch the resignations
Every time Gavin Williamson makes an announcement, the R (resignation) number increases, warns headteacher Colin Dowland

Monday

8th Mar 2021

‘It’s as if women in education are invisible’
Teachers in classrooms risking their health are overwhelmingly women – yet our voices go unheard, says Yvonne Williams
Revealed: The reality of social distancing for teachers
Teachers post real pictures of their classrooms after parts of the media portray distanced desks and Perspex screens

Sunday

7th Mar 2021

Williamson looking at longer day and shorter holidays
Education secretary says ‘transformative’ catch-up plan may mean an extended school day or a five-term year

Saturday

6th Mar 2021

Every teacher ‘should have a guaranteed job’
Education recovery after Covid will require ‘more in-class support’, say the Scottish Liberal Democrats

Friday

5th Mar 2021

Pregnant teachers’ Covid fears over return to classroom
Teachers in their third trimester are anxious over being asked to work face-to-face in schools amid unclear guidance

Wednesday

3rd Mar 2021

Most heads ‘thinking of quitting amid Covid chaos’
Ministers’ ‘chaotic decision-making’ blamed as school leaders’ union warns of an ‘exodus’ of experienced staff

Tuesday

2nd Mar 2021

Not ‘appropriate’ to strike over 8 March, says NEU boss
NEU joint leader Mary Bousted says it would not be achievable to organise a national ballot by the school reopening date

Monday

1st Mar 2021

Call to cancel qualifications for students staying on
Cancelling qualifications for S4 students – apart from those leaving school – would alleviate pressure, says union

Saturday

27th Feb 2021

Lockdown shows how period leave can work in schools
Expecting staff and pupils to carry on as normal while suffering terrible period pain is ‘brutally unfair’, says Gemma Clark
#BackToSchool advertising campaign aims to reassure
Radio and social media adverts booked by government as poll finds 27% of public oppose 8 March school openings