Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Tuesday
21st Jan 2025
Government to amend schools bill to clarify teacher pay
Trust leaders had raised concerns that the current wording of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill suggested academies would lose pay freedoms
![Schools Bill amendment](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-01/phillipson-montage.jpg?itok=ulUQClc9)
Schools bill: Experts tell MPs what changes are needed
MPs on the committee scrutinising the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill heard from sector leaders today
![Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: The changes sector leaders want](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2025-01/Schools-Bill-montage.jpg?itok=Oin3dSnJ)
Heads’ union ‘not convinced’ schools bill rules out pay ceiling
ASCL wants an amendment to the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to avoid setting limits on teacher pay and conditions
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