News

Pay rises ‘paused’ for all but the lowest-paid school staff

School staff earning over £24,000-a-year won’t receive a pay rise next year, the chancellor has announced. Rishi Sunak told...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pay freeze would be ‘final straw’ for teachers and leaders, say unions

A pay freeze for teachers next year could prompt an “exodus from the profession”, a school leadership union has...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2020

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2020-21 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE’s 2020 pay plans: 6 super interesting findings

The Department for Education published its evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body this week. The submission included statistics...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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...

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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