Pay & Conditions

As the NEU teaching union calls on the government not to claw back savings, Tes sets out whether schools could keep the money and what doing so would mean for public finances

The experience of colleges with government pay controls suggests academy trusts will be left in limbo waiting for executive salaries to be approved, leader warns

In the past fortnight thousands have been arrested and schools have been disrupted in France amid a wave of protests by teenagers. What’s driving the unrest? And could something similar happen in England?

DfE publishes detailed framework explaining how its controls on academy executive salaries will work

Teachers in England work longer hours than other graduates with a similar level of education, the OECD Education at a Glance 2026 report also finds

Ballot of teachers on industrial action had been due to begin next month, but the union says it believes the government is making progress on school funding

New performance awards risk creating inequality, warn the NAHT and NASUWT as the unions call for changes to the government’s pay reforms

Mainstream funding will rise by 3 per cent in real terms despite a 9 per cent headline increase in per-pupil spending, analysis finds

A trust CEO outlines the tough but necessary steps they took to save money and reduce top slice spend from 6.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent

Average pay gap for all state school heads increased to an ‘unacceptable’ £9,771, finds analysis by the NAHT school leaders’ union

Schools have been told they can cover this year’s teacher pay rise through pension savings. Tes explains what this actually means for budgets

NASUWT urges the government to increase education spending to at least 6 per cent of GDP, saying that schools will be forced to cut jobs