Politics

NEU pencils in teacher and support staff strikes for early 2023

Ballots for strike action among teachers and support staff will open next week, union confirms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NAHT will ballot heads for strike over pay for the first time

Unprecedented move from union with 35,000 members follows poll which showed most backed industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Austerity 2.0: ‘No good news for schools’ as Hunt warns of cuts

Chancellor says ‘all departments' will need to find savings, and 'some areas of spending will need to be cut’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2022

Eighteen schools, individuals and organisations recognised for work supporting children with SEND

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Pre-pandemic school standards won’t return as quickly as we’d like

Schools are weathering the storm better than some public services, but a lack of funding will slow recovery

Freddie Whittaker
Philip Nye
Teacher pay

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2022

DfE confirms pay scales following offer of 5% for most teachers and 8.9% increase in starting salaries

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NASUWT and NEU to ballot school staff for strikes over pay

Two unions representing hundreds of thousands of school staff prepare for formal ballots over government pay proposals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Council attendance staff cuts 50 times bigger than new support

DfE has hired 13 absence advisers, but investigation suggests over 600 attendance staff have been slashed from councils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NEU will ballot sixth form college teachers as 85% back strike

Indicative ballot result is first official sign of support in the sector for walkouts over pay, with school teachers...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker