Pay & Conditions

Ballot of 8,000 council staff working in schools and nurseries will run until the end of July, with any industrial action supported taking place in the new school year

Leaders warn that last month’s teacher hiring window ahead of new school year caused ‘major anxiety’ amid shortages of staff

This week’s education round-up includes the threat of coordinated strike action by teachers and heads, demands for an inquiry into this year’s Sats reading paper and an RSE review

The number of teachers opting out of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, because they cannot afford to continue contributing, has risen by more than two-thirds over the last year

More than £45,000 has now been raised to mount a judicial review against the way schools are inspected

The first national ballot on industrial action in the union’s 150-year history will run from 19 June to 31 July

Strike ballot announced over ‘real-terms pay cut’, with the Association of Educational Psychologists also warning that services are overstretched

This week’s essential education news includes reaction to the STRB’s recommended teacher pay rise, a call for Ofsted to publicly acknowledge its ‘duty of care’ to teachers and one exam board’s apology for a mistake in a GCSE paper

Heads’ and teachers’ unions call on DfE to publish pay review body award and detail whether it will be accepted and funded from September

ASCL, NAHT, NEU, NGA and Unison will lobby Parliament on Tuesday 20 June to protest the ‘unprecedented crisis’ facing schools

Teaching assistants among staff being balloted on strike action today by Unison over a flat rate £1,925 pay offer

Male teachers are more likely to have been the subject of a pupil allegation, findings show