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NASUWT claim most teachers miss out on 1% pay rise

Almost six in ten teachers will not get this year’s government proposed pay rise, capped at 1 per cent, new union research has revealed. A survey of more than 8,000 NASUWT members exposes, it says, the “deeply concerning” picture of “how easy it is for schools to pay teachers as little as they can get […]

Teacher pay: 1 per cent rise will cost schools £250m, warns government

An increase in teachers’ pay of just 1 per cent would cost schools an additional £250 million next year, the government has warned. Justine Greening, the education secretary, said earlier this year that there was a “strong case” for a continued 1 per cent cap on teacher pay rises in 2017-18. The same rise was applied in 2014, 2015 […]

Executive headteacher of 8 local authority primaries paid more than £330,000-a-year

An executive headteacher of a federation of local-authority maintained primary schools has been revealed as one of the best-paid school leaders in the country. Sir Craig Tunstall, who leads the Gipsy Hill Federation, was paid a total of £330,394 last year. His salary was revealed by investigative website ourcity.London earlier today, and was listed in […]

Justine Greening: Strong case to keep teacher pay rises capped at 1 per cent

The education secretary wants teachers’ pay rises to be capped at an average of 1 per cent next year, despite experts previously warning the government of the need for a “significantly higher rise”. Justine Greening said there remains a “strong case for continued pay restraint in the public sector”, despite rising concerns of a school […]

Teachers’ pay scales rise by 1% but ‘significantly higher’ increase needed

Teachers’ pay scales will shift by just 1 per cent from September, but government advisers have warned of the need for a “significantly higher” rise before 2020. Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has announced that she intends to accept a recommendation from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) that the lower and upper ends of […]

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2016

Nicky Morgan has said she intends to accept the recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body on teachers’ pay. They have recommended a 1 per cent uplift at the lowest and highest ends of the scales, despite admitting there is “a case” for a higher rise. Here are the new pay ranges, effective from September 2016… […]

Teachers’ strike disrupts a third of schools but only 12 per cent closed

About a third of schools in England were fully or partially closed as a result of a walkout of teachers today, the government has revealed. The Department for Education has confirmed that 11.9 per cent of schools were closed and 21.4 per cent were only partially open, based on data for about 94 per cent of schools […]

Schools to be ‘named and shamed’ over unfair pay practices

Academy trusts, schools and councils will be “named and shamed” over “unreasonable and unfair” pay policies, the National Union of Teachers has ruled. The NUT has just passed a motion on teacher pay which instructs the union’s executive to “target” employers which don’t pay fairly, and name and shame them “where necessary”. It is not […]

Teachers could strike over plan to make all schools academies

Teachers could strike over plans to turn all schools into academies, a leading teaching union has said. The leadership of the National Union of Teachers has confirmed that wording of a priority motion being worked up for its annual conference in Brighton this weekend will include room for debate about industrial action. Proposals which will […]