Three-year 6.5% teacher pay rise won’t be enough, warns NFER Annual report paints ‘happier’ picture of sector but warns ‘this is not the time for complacency’
Schools can only afford a 2.7% pay rise over two years, says DfE Leaders will need to ‘realise and sustain better value’ to meet costs of a planned 6.5%, three-year pay rise for teachers
New headteachers to get £15k to work where they’re ‘needed most’ Government will also ‘ensure all schools join high-quality trusts’ and let councils set up chains
DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff Change due to be enacted from 2027 for leaders and teachers, and new support staff body will get remit to negotiate ‘equivalent improvements’
CEOs of big trusts ‘escape scrutiny’ under government’s ‘outlier’ pay crackdown Method used by government for trust pay checks appears to be loaded against smaller trusts
Pay and job satisfaction rises, but behaviour risks driving teachers out Major government survey shows some slight improvements in some aspects of the job, but a worsening situation in others
Sixth form college teachers vote to strike over ‘farcical’ pay situation NEU announces strikes at 32 sixth form colleges on November 28, December 3 and 4
Thousands of state teachers switch to private sector More teachers have left state schools to work in the independent sector than vice versa in every year since 2019, analysis suggests
Teach First: 7 findings revealing its impact on schools NFER research shows marginal GCSE boost under Teach First teachers, but they are also more likely to leave the profession