Pay and conditions

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...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools white paper

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

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

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Pay and conditions

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

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel
Recruitment and retention

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...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools

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...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

9 key findings from the 2022 school workforce census

Record number of teachers quit, vacancies rocket and sickness soars – everything you need to know about the state...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker