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Nick Gibb says buildings continue to be surveyed for risk of collapse after over 100 were told to shutThe schools minister has warned more schools in England could face closure after more than 100 were told to shut just days before term starts for thou…
After years of squeezed funding, teachers are furious at government’s ‘shocking neglect’ of buildingsThousands of pupils may have to start term online as over 100 schools affected by crumble-risk concretePencils are sharpened, shirts are ironed – but c…
Exclusive: Pupils in north-east and London most likely to never have a teacher of similar ethnicity, study findsPupils in parts of England are likely to never have a teacher of the same ethnic background, in part because minority ethnic applicants are …
While many welcome the end of strike action, the campaign for fair pay and better funding for state schools looks set to continueMinisters will have heaved a huge sigh of relief to see teachers and school leaders in England vote to accept a 6.5% pay of…
Members accepted 6.5% pay rise, but said it was not enough to correct decade of real-terms pay cutsSchool strikes in England have been called off after teachers and school leaders in four education unions voted to accept the government’s 6.5% pay offer…
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…