Unions

Matt Wrack wins NASUWT leadership election

Ex-FBU general secretary wins in first contested election in decades, but less than 5 per cent of members take...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Ministers ask for three-year teacher pay proposals and directed time review

Teacher pay body also told to consider a salary safeguarding reduction and allow maintained schools to pay bonuses

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Including primary in 6,500 teachers pledge ‘nonsensical’, says Phillipson

Education secretary says government is 'focusing our efforts where they are needed' amid falling primary rolls

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2025

DfE confirms pay scales after accepting recommendation of a 4 per cent pay rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

SEND ‘major issue’ and ‘irregular’ grants: 13 things we learned from DfE accounts

Document also reveal bumper pay rise for DfE top boss, payments to companies linked to ministers and growing cost...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Secondary pupil numbers may have peaked earlier than expected

DfE says lower long-term net migration 'likely to be a contributing factor' to recent drops in pupil numbers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Academy admission appeals cash cut ‘penalises successful schools’

DfE won't fund academies to fight appeals heard after October 31 of this year, it confirms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ministers review £320m PE and sport premium amid ‘patchy’ provision fears

Catherine McKinnell tells MPs government is considering a 'different approach' to boosting take-up of sport

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Relationships and sex education

Sex and relationships education: The main changes for 2026

No age limits, gender identity teaching ban dropped and primaries 'encouraged' to teach about same-sex parents - all you...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Lydia Chantler-Hicks