Education & Training
One in five schools use AI despite lack of staff training, warns GMB
More than 84% of school workers said they have not received training on Digital and Technology Standards.
Teachers
Compensation & Benefits
Teachers and NHS workers to recieve pay rises up to 4%, reports The Times
The Times revealed that the independent pay review body for teachers, representing 514,000 staff, has recommended a pay rise close to 4%.
News
Large multi-academy trusts have lowest teacher retention rates, finds NEU
Data showed that one in five teachers left their jobs in the last academic year, with more than one in nine leaving the profession entirely.
News
Over 60% of teachers report high stress levels – NEU
The survey revealed that 75% of teachers struggle to switch off from work at home, and many work evenings and weekends.
Employee Relations
NASUWT launches industrial action ballot over sixth form college pay dispute
NASUWT has opened an industrial action ballot for members working in sixth form colleges, citing an inequitable pay offer for 2024/25. The Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) proposed a conditional 5.5% pay award for academies, with non-academised colleges only receiving the full amount in April 2025.
Employee Relations
Teaching unions suspend industrial action as pay negotiations continue
Teaching unions in Northern Ireland have suspended planned industrial action to allow further pay talks to proceed.
Compensation & Benefits
NEU announces indicative ballot over unfunded teacher pay rise proposal
The NEU will launch an indicative ballot in March to assess members' support for action in response to the Government’s proposed unfunded 2.8% pay rise for teachers in 2025/26.
Employee Relations
NEU Cymru considers strike ballot over job cuts at £22m Newtown school
Staff at Ysgol Robert Owen in Newtown may strike after Powys Council proposed major redundancies, just months after the £22m school opened.
News
NEU teachers strike in continued sixth form pay row
Sixth form colleges that have become academies were given funding for a 5.5% teacher pay rise through the post-16 schools budget grant.
Employee Relations
Culture, cost and confusion are stopping school leaders taking phased retirement
The survey of more than 500 school leaders aged 50 and older found more than half (53%) would consider taking phased retirement, but almost a third (30%) of them don’t believe it will be possible.