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
26th Mar 2024
Exclusive: Why teacher numbers in Scotland are falling
Cuts to attainment gap funding, ‘significant’ challenges filling secondary posts and high probationer dropout rates – councils tell government the reasons behind the drop in teacher numbers
Teacher pay falls by more than public sector as a whole
IFS says cuts to pay of higher earners in the public sector has contributed to recruitment and retention problems
Thursday
21st Mar 2024
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and staff shortages
This week’s essential education news includes unions demanding an above-inflation teacher pay rise and warnings about another shortfall in trainee teachers
Pay offer backed by teachers and leaders in Northern Ireland
School leaders warn that teacher workload and many others issues have still to be resolved, but hope that higher pay will boost recruitment to the profession
Wednesday
20th Mar 2024
Unions demand ‘fully-funded, inflation-plus’ pay rise
ASCL, Community, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU say STRB pay recommendations must address ‘reality of pay cuts, sky-high workload and the recruitment and retention crisis’
Could a four-day week work in schools?
As more schools in the US move to four-day weeks in a bid to save money and boost recruitment and retention, Irena Barker looks at how the model is working – and whether it could make sense in the UK