Workforce

Teacher workload is highlighted as a major concern during a teaching union event at the Scottish Labour conference

Half of school business professionals warn their school is set to run out of money within three years

Supply spend is rising across the schools system, with leaders citing the growing support needs of pupils, teacher shortages and higher supply prices as cost drivers

But education secretary says Scottish councils will face stricter teacher targets next year and threatens to enshrine in law the hours that pupils spend in class

Public sector employers are being ‘inconsistent, rigid and unimaginative’ in response to requests for flexible working, says Unison

Labour’s education whip in the Lords reflects on her ‘revolutionary’ primary teacher, why she switched pop song-writing for the classroom, and the frustration of government interference

Post-Covid call comes as NHS data shows increase in number of children and young people waiting for speech and language therapy

Award-winning Dunoon Grammar won high praise in Parliament this week but its head says staff shortages are holding it back – Emma Seith explores whether this reflects wider problems in Scottish schools

NASUWT becomes the second teachers’ union to announce that it is consulting its members about industrial action

The education secretary says the move will ‘broaden the pipeline’ of recruits into the profession

Jennifer Barker will join Ormiston Academies Trust from the charity Ambition Institute

Biggest teaching union plans to ‘agitate’ on teacher pay later this year