Weekly round-up: Teacher demands for the general election

Catch up on your must-read Tes news and analysis from the past week right here:

• What can schools expect from a July 2024 election?
  With a general election announced for 4 July, we look at the main political parties’ plans for schools if they win power.
• Next government “needs to fix systemic crises” in schools
  In response to news of a general election, unions have been setting out their demands on teacher pay, recruitment and retention, school buildings and SEND support.
• The general election must bring change for education
  Whichever party enters Downing Street in July must commit to doing better for children and young people, writes Association of School and College Leaders’ chief Pepe Di’Iasio.
• Heads call for end to “annual circus” of teacher pay settlements
  The Headteachers’ Roundtable, publishing its manifesto ahead of the election, says that the system of teacher pay needs to be reformed to stop the “annual circus of delay and disappointment”.
• Vote “no” on pay offer, school support staff told
  School support staff should reject a “disappointing” pay offer, the union Unison has said as it prepares to consult its members next week.
• Unions urge DfE to immediately publish STRB report
  Teaching and school leader unions have called on the Department for Education to immediately publish the School Teachers’ Review Body report and to confirm the pay offer for teachers for 2024-25.
• Teachers complain of “obscure” English lit GCSE extract
  Teachers have warned that GCSE English literature students could be disadvantaged by a “difficult” and “obscure” Shakespeare extract.
• Teachers are not pupils: making the case for flexible working
  After a change in the law on flexible working, schools and trusts would benefit from providing more of it, explains the chief people officer at Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust.
• How can schools stay ahead of emerging safeguarding threats?
  The latest Tes Big Debate webinar dissects the findings of a new survey that details a raft of safeguarding issues being seen by schools - and how to address them.
• Music hubs: experts sound warning over cut in numbers
  Music sector experts have warned MPs about insufficient funding and the impact of the reduction of music hubs across the country.

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