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18 April 2026

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Increase pay for new teachers but extend probation to 3 years, social mobility commission demands

Teachers’ pay should be overhauled and their probation periods extended to three years, the government’s social mobility commission has said. The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission’s state of the nation report has called for “drastic action” to tackle recruitment problems, which it said were being “exacerbated” by emerging gaps between teacher pay and that […]

Government reveals 485 teachers on £65k+ as recruitment advert investigation continues

Hundreds of teachers are paid £65,000-a-year or more, the Department for Education has revealed as an investigation into complaints that it ‘misled’ the public in a recruitment advert continues. In transparency data re-released in the wake of at least 95 official complaints over its latest teacher recruitment advert, the government has confirmed 485 classroom teachers earned more […]

New members join teacher pay review body

Three new members have joined the body tasked with recommending pay levels and working times for teachers. The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) provides independent advice to the government on the pay and conditions of teachers and school leaders. It was announced today Philippa Hird and Sir Robert Burgess have been appointed as members for […]

‘Precious little’ to tackle money, teacher and pay challenges

The political context for education over the next five years can be summed up crudely as ‘more pupils and more demands — with less money, fewer teachers and lower pay’. So what did we hear from the Conservative Party conference to tackle these genuine challenges? Precious little. he debate in our governing party is still […]

Teaching unions join thousands in London pay protest marches

Hundreds of teachers from across the country joined colleagues from the public sector today to protest for pay increases. Members of the NUT and NASUWT were among the huge march through the capital which urged the government to give workers a pay rise. Unions say staff have had a below-inflation one per cent pay offer […]