Unions
The latest news and analysis on teaching unions in the UK, including teacher strikes, pay disputes, industrial action and more
Friday
28th Mar 2025
SLS seeks new leader as Graham Hutton announces departure
School Leaders Scotland starts hunt for a new general secretary who will bring extensive experience of leadership in the secondary sector
Private school teachers at United Learning vote to strike
NEU members at 10 out of 14 independent schools run by United Learning have backed industrial action over pay
Unions warn FM of plans to ballot over class-contact time
Teaching unions have hit out at the Scottish government鈥檚 lack of progress on cutting the time teachers spend in front of classes, and say they are being 鈥榮hut out of negotiations鈥�
Fears of further redundancies as school funding storm brews
Edapt聽has already recorded double the number of redundancy and restructuring cases in the past three months than in the whole of 2024, with concerns of more on the horizon
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Friday
14th Mar 2025
Phillipson sets out four priorities for RISE teams
Speaking at the ASCL conference, the education secretary set out the priorities for the RISE teams鈥� universal support offer
Ofsted chief 鈥榮addened鈥� over report card response
The most vocal critics of Ofsted鈥檚 proposed new inspections want a 鈥榣ow-accountability system鈥� that isn鈥檛 possible, Sir Martyn Oliver tells ASCL conference