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Some local branches to defy teaching unions’ advice to accept deal over recruitment concernsStrikes in schools across England may still happen in September, after local branches of the largest union representing teachers told the Observer this weekend …
Internal battle between ministers leaving schools in England isolated, says head teachers’ representativeSchools are being left in limbo by the government’s “political squabbles” delaying its transgender guidance for students and staff, according to sc…
Union members are concerned about funding for the below-inflation increase and the lack of a long-term agreementConcerns over how the rise promised to teachers in England will be funded, and dismay at the lack of a long-term agreement on pay, has stirr…
Public service workers in England offered 5%-7% rises but departments must fund them from existing budgetsHealth union leaders have reacted furiously to a warning from Rishi Sunak that his offer of a 6% pay rise this year was final and that “no amount …
Police, junior doctors and teachers in England to get more money and minister says frontline services will be protectedMillions of public sector workers will be given a pay rise of at least 6%, but government departments have been told to fund the rise…
In today’s newsletter: As Labour reaffirms its pledge to remove VAT exemption from private education, a new report outlines the impacts on the wider system• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. If you can afford to pay tens…
Members of NASUWT give ‘largest mandate in a decade’ for action over pay, workload and working hoursMembers of the NASUWT teachers’ union have voted in favour of industrial action over pay and workload, raising the prospect of mass strikes and widespre…
Proportion of children meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined matches 2022 figure of 59%The academic attainment of primary schoolchildren in England remains significantly lower than before Covid, according to the latest Sats r…
Action could be directed at Rishi Sunak’s keynote speech, seen as vital in run-up to general election campaignTeachers are preparing to target Rishi Sunak’s make-or-break Tory conference speech with strike action this autumn, amid growing cabinet suppo…
Perry took her own life in March after Caversham primary school was downgraded from outstanding to inadequateOfsted has replaced its “inadequate” rating that may have contributed to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry after a new inspection praised sta…