Schools

Truss U-turns on ‘disaster’ plan to cut pay of teachers outside London

The favourite to become the country's next prime minister said a 'war on waste' would save £8.8bn

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Councils offer school support staff pay rise worth almost £2,000 each

It leaves schools facing another unfunded cost increase that will further stretch budgets

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher pay

New chancellor Zahawi dodges backing his own call for bigger teacher pay rises

Former education secretary will wait for review pay body proposals, but warns 'important thing is fiscal discipline'

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

Schools told to raid own coffers to get pupils to exams during rail strike

DfE says schools are 'best placed to prioritise their spending to support their pupils and students' during biggest rail...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Pay reforms leave women teachers out of pocket

Decline in progression after 2014 reforms 'more pronounced' for part-time staff, DfE analysis finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence

Ministers' submission includes analysis of the teacher recruitment and retention market, as well as staff pay trends

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

IFS: Most teachers will still be worse off after pay rise

Starting salaries will rise, but more experienced teachers face 5% real-terms pay cut, warns think tank

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Save some cash for later to fund teacher pay bill, DfE says

Schools told to plan budgets over multiple years to make best use of 'frontloaded' funding settlement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Zahawi asks STRB for two-year pay plan to help achieve £30k salary pledge

Education secretary tells pay review body he wants a 'significant uplift' to starting salaries

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker