Education staff report a rise in mental health problems among colleagues over the past two years, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL). ATL surveyed more than 900 education staff about their mental health and the reasons for any problems, ahead of a debate at the unions annual conference. The…
The two largest teacher unions, the NASUWT and the NUT, representing nine out of ten teachers, are today confirming the next phase of their jointly coordinated campaign to Protect Teachers and Defend Education. Following the continued refusal of the Secretary of State to genuinely engage with the NUT and the NASUWT to seek to resolve…
Teaching unions are spitting feathers over the revelation that 800 headteachers – many of them in academies – are paid at least £100,000 a year, with 25 per cent of them on more than £110,000. Last year the figure was 700. Figures from the school workforce census also showed that heads in secondary school academies…
Teachers are to boycott after school activities after unions voted for industrial action over pay and workloads. The National Union of Teachers and NASUWT said their members will take co-ordinated action short of a strike from September 26 in a dispute with the Government over pay, jobs, pensions and workloads. The unions, which represent nine…