Unions

The latest news and analysis on teaching unions in the UK, including teacher strikes, pay disputes, industrial action and more

Wednesday

5th Nov 2025

EIS recommends members accept two-year pay offer
Accepting the teacher pay offer would lead to initial 4.25 per cent rise for Scottish teachers, followed by 3.25 per cent in second year
EIS recommends members to accept two-year pay offer

Tuesday

4th Nov 2025

Scottish school support staff now ‘expect trouble’, union warns
First minister responds after GMB union highlights ‘dramatic escalation in violence and threatening behaviour’ in Scottish schools
Scottish school support staff now ‘expect trouble’, union warns

Monday

3rd Nov 2025

Union’s legal challenge of new Ofsted inspections rejected
The NAHT’s bid for a judicial review over the new Ofsted framework was heard just a week before inspections are due to start
An NAHT bid to challenge Ofsted's new inspections in the High Court has been rejected.

Friday

31st Oct 2025

Multi-year pay recommendation: all you need to know
The government has proposed that teachers get a 6.5 per cent pay award over the next three years. Tes sets out all the key information about the DfE’s provisional offer
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Thursday

30th Oct 2025

DfE: Teachers should get 6.5% pay rise over three years
The government has told the School Teachers’ Review Body how much teachers should receive up to 2029
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SSTA finds ‘alarming’ numbers of non-specialists taking classes
‘Deepening crisis’ of staff shortages also sees primary teachers frequently taking on roles in secondary schools, reveals survey by Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association
SSTA finds ‘alarming’ numbers of non-specialists taking classes
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Monday

27th Oct 2025

DfE misses key teacher pay review deadline
Teacher pay review process ‘undermined’ by the government’s late submission of evidence, warn unions
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Friday

24th Oct 2025

NEU and ASCL join legal action against Ofsted
The two unions will provide witness statements to support the NAHT’s bid for a judicial review over Ofsted’s new inspections
The NEU and ASCL unions will provide formal support for the NAHT legal challenge against new Ofsted inspections

Tuesday

21st Oct 2025

Schools grading themselves is ‘almost impossible’, heads warn Ofsted
Ofsted’s expectation that schools provide a graded self-evaluation using its new five-point scale has sparked warnings from heads’ leaders
Headteachers' leaders have questioned Ofsted's plans for schools providing a graded self-evaluation.
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Tuesday

14th Oct 2025

ASCL considers legal action over Ofsted report card plans
The Association of School and College Leaders has confirmed it will explore legal action against Ofsted over the impact of report cards on school leader wellbeing
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Wednesday

8th Oct 2025

Scottish teachers in strike ballot over contact time ‘dithering’
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
Scottish teachers in strike ballot over contact time ‘dithering'

Monday

6th Oct 2025

Heads likely to support a ban on mobile phones in schools
NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman tells Conservative Party conference event that he suspects union policy will come out in favour of a ban
Heads likely to support a ban on mobile phones in schools