News

DfE’s 2020 teacher pay proposals: Rise will cost schools £455m, plus 6 more findings

The Department for Education has published its recommendations on teacher pay for September 2020. We’ve got a news story...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Teacher pay scales are essential – here’s why

With the government having announced the teacher pay rises for 2018-19, Mary Bousted explains why she thinks centralised pay...

Mary Bousted
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

Scrap national pay scales and let schools decide

With school leaders and teachers frustrated about the government’s delay in announcing teacher pay rises, Mark Lehain makes the...

Mark Lehain
MARK LEHAIN
Opinion

Teacher pay rise: how will different schools implement it?

The Department for Education has announced that it will help fund pay rises for teachers and school leaders next...

Expert Contributor
MICON METCALFE
News

Teachers ARE motivated by pay, research shows

The idea that teachers are not motivated by pay is misleading and not backed by evidence, according to a...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

No, teachers aren’t overpaid – despite what some think-tanks may claim

Last week, the Taxpayers’ Alliance, a right-wing think-tank, tried to claim that teachers are paid too much, flying in...

Expert Contributor
JACK WORTH
News

A NEU dawn: NUT and ATL hold final conferences

The National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturers held their last conferences as separate unions over...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Mind the gap: The best and worst gender-based pay at multi-academy trusts

In 2017, the government passed a law forcing every organisation with 250 or more employees to publish specific figures...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

When it comes to teacher pay, we’re just like monkeys

In 2012, the scientist Frans de Waal revealed how monkeys go berserk if paid unequally for a task. A...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney