NASUWT
Teacher unions to ballot members for industrial action over pay
They say management has been failure to make a satisfactory pay offer for 2024/5.
Planned free schools in doubt as Government launches review
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said some of the funding could have been ‘put to better use’ to improve deteriorating schools.
Leader of teaching union NASUWT will not seek re-election
Applications will now be invited, with nominations closing in March.
Majority of school staff have seen pupils arriving in dirty uniforms – poll
A campaign has been launched which calls on the government to address urgently the issue of hygiene poverty.
Schools trying to encourage teachers to opt out of pension scheme – union
Thousands of teachers being given the option of leaving the scheme in return for higher salaries, says NASUWT.
Fully funded 5.5% pay rise for teachers hailed important ‘first step’ by unions
Schools will receive nearly £1.2 billion of additional funding in the 2024/25 financial year to help cover the costs of the pay award.
Cuts to special schools leading to reduced staffing levels and increased workload, says NASUWT
The teaching union report is based on a survey of its members in NI’s special schools
New fair employment laws for teachers will ‘tackle prejudice and hatred’, says NASUWT
The Fair Employment (School Teachers) Bill passed in the Assembly in 2022 comes into operation tomorrow
Government must take action on violence to protect pupils and teachers – unions
The warning comes after two adults and one child were injured in an incident in a secondary school in Sheffield.
Fewer than two in five pupils feel safe in school every day – survey
The latest Government findings confirm the scale and depth of the ‘behaviour crisis’ in schools, a teaching union leader has said.