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With teachers in England and Wales taking part in the first day of strike action over pay today, Tes looks at teacher pay levels across the UK and how they compare with salaries in other countries

Disadvantaged pupils in England ‘remain further behind’ than their peers after the pandemic, says the National Audit Office in report on education recovery

Helping students assess their levels of certainty is a useful strategy for supporting independent learning, as research suggests. Chris Parr finds out how to put it into practice

For years the government has been warned by its independent review body of the dangers of failing to boost pay and improve the pay structure for teachers – but to no avail. Had it listened, this week’s strike action might never have happened

Union boss was asked whether teachers should tell heads of their plans for tomorrow’s national walkout

One in seven schools is set to close to all pupils during the teacher pay strike on Wednesday, a poll suggests

Unions also ask for a flat increase to bring the minimum hourly pay for school support staff to £15 within two years

Scottish government threatening financial sanctions if pupil-teacher ratios worsen, but councils say they can’t fill jobs in certain areas and subjects

Teaching union gears up for a national strike on Wednesday after ‘deeply disappointing’ eleventh-hour negotiations with the education secretary

The controversial reaccreditation process for teacher training, which is set to result in the loss of around a quarter of providers, should not have gone ahead, says Professor Sam Twiselton

Education secretary urges NEU to help avoid ‘unnecessary disruption’ on Wednesday – but union dismisses her words as ‘cheap point scoring’

A teacher has been given the job of helping pupils learn about a Scot who refused to leave the side of hundreds of Jewish schoolgirls in Hungary during the Second World War