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School leaders have called for the government to redouble efforts to address growing pupil mental health problem since pandemic

Unions react with anger after Gillian Keegan warns that the DfE could introduce minimum service levels for schools to curb strike disruption

Education secretary has told unions DfE will introduce minimum service levels in schools if voluntary agreement is not reached

The union says ‘national action’ is needed on teacher workload, lack of preparation time and pay restoration

The new ASCL president tells ÌÇÐÄVlog how his own school experience has driven his career and underpins his philosophy of ‘ambitious and optimistic education for all’

The plans for more walkouts in Scotland over pay follow the news earlier this week that Unison members rejected the latest council worker pay deal

The biggest union representing Scottish council workers votes to reject the latest pay offer and says more school strikes will be announced in the coming days

The schools minister has rejected education unions’ call for the DfE to restore per-pupil funding to the amount announced in July

The national funding formula allocations for schools were revised down last week after the DfE announced a technical error in processing pupil numbers

Union wants a ‘New Deal for Teachers’ including ‘real-terms pay restoration’ and action to cut workload and improve teacher-pupil ratios

It comes after the NEU’s Daniel Kebede said that there were ‘grounds to reopen’ the teacher pay and funding dispute

A coalition of trade unions is calling for the material, which has been linked to cancer, to be removed from all public buildings, including schools