Pay & Conditions
The latest news and analysis on teacher pay and school staff working conditions, including pay rise negotiations, pay scales, pensions and more
Friday
9th May 2025
EIS to ballot members over teachers’ class-contact time
Policy viewed as key to reducing workload has seen ‘absolutely no progress’ in four years, says Scotland’s biggest teaching union

Pay offer delay leaves Scottish teachers feeling ‘undervalued and ignored’
Class-contact time, recruitment crises and fear-inducing school inspections also set out as priorities for change by the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association

Thursday
17th Apr 2025
NEU demands salary caps to rein in ‘scandalous’ CEO pay
Leader of the biggest teachers’ union also warns it will make Labour pay a ‘high political price’ if there is no significant improvement in teacher pay

Warning to schools after teachers win £15m in payouts
Union warns schools over their ‘duty of care’ to teachers after helping staff to win compensation for injuries and discrimination

Wednesday
16th Apr 2025
Teachers ‘won’t hesitate’ to take action over pension changes
NEU members vote to oppose any attempts to get staff to leave the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and fight the biggest MAT’s plan to allow staff to opt out

More school support staff not being paid for extra hours
The working conditions of support staff ‘continue to deteriorate’ due to the underfunding of schools, says NEU boss in response to new research
