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The union says ‘national action’ is needed on teacher workload, lack of preparation time and pay restoration

The plans for more walkouts in Scotland over pay follow the news earlier this week that Unison members rejected the latest council worker pay deal

The biggest union representing Scottish council workers votes to reject the latest pay offer and says more school strikes will be announced in the coming days

Announcing the plans, Scotland’s education secretary told the SNP conference she wants all ‘hardworking teachers’ to be ‘supported and empowered’

Teacher workload cited as a key reason for rejecting the proposals – but the Labour MSP spearheading the bill says disabled students have been left ‘high and dry’

Primary headteachers say P1 literacy and numeracy standardised assessments are ‘time consuming and onerous’, and interfere with play-based approaches