Pay & Conditions

An increasing number of schools are asking teacher job candidates to write down their views on teaching and learning – here’s how to do that in an engaging and honest way

Having sifted through hundreds of job applications, this school leader offers advice to candidates to ensure that they don’t fall at the first hurdle in their job hunt

Pay for academy trust chief executives has risen in line with teacher awards, CST survey shows, but remains below the top rate for maintained-school heads

EIS union says teachers are ‘continuing to toil under excessive workload burdens’ after a wait of more than four years for the government promise of reduced contact time to be delivered

Scotland’s largest teaching union says patience has run out over the policy, which it considers critical for reducing teacher workload

Headteachers’ leaders urge DfE to carry out a detailed pay equality analysis, as report highlights persistent gender gaps

School leaders must be given ‘uninterrupted rest’, Wales’ education secretary has told local authorities after years of campaigning by NAHT Cymru

The number of International Baccalaureate schools is growing across the world – here’s a quick guide to the key aspects of the IB’s operations

Pay and recruitment issues persist in early years workforce despite funding boosts, warns a new NFER report

Members of both the EIS and SSTA unions have signalled support for strike action if the reduction in class-contact time is not delivered

The Scottish government is still talking about working ‘to create a plan to reduce contact time for teachers’ – days after the deadline John Swinney set councils to deliver ‘a credible proposal’

The EIS teaching union’s consultative ballot on industrial action over workload will close before the end of August