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The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about
Feb 29, 2024 · 6. Flag long-term sick leave with LAs. Schools will have to give councils the name and address of sick pupils who they believe will miss 15 consecutive or cumulative days. Schools will also be “expected to inform a pupil’s social worker and/or youth offending team worker if there are unexplained absences from school”.
SEND review: DfE finally publishes improvement plan - Schools Week
Mar 2, 2023 · Ministers finally published their special educational needs and disabilities improvement plan today, three years after the SEND review was first launched. The government has pledged to go ahead with most major reforms. However a £70 million “change programme” – which will run for two to three years – will pilot proposed changes first ...
Support staff unions accept £1,925 pay deal - Schools Week
Nov 2, 2023 · Freddie Whittaker. Unions representing school support staff across England have accepted a pay rise worth at least £1,925, putting to bed a long-running dispute. Unison and the GMB confirmed this week they had backed the offer from councils, worth 3.88 per cent for the highest earners and 9.42 per cent for those at the bottom of the pay scale.
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Sixth form college teachers vote to strike over ‘farcical’ pay situation. Union leader says government’s decision on funding for pay rises risks creating ‘two-tier workforce’. Freddie Whittaker. 9h. Anviksha Patel.
Pay scales for teachers in England from September 2022 - Schools …
Oct 14, 2022 · The new pay scales for teachers and school leaders for 2022-23 have been confirmed by the Department for Education.. It follows the announcement earlier this year of a 5 per cent increase for most teachers and leaders, and an 8.9 per cent increase in starting salaries.. While local authority-maintained schools are required to follow these pay scales, academies and free schools are allowed to ...
Unions accept support staff pay rise of up to 10.5% - Schools Week
3 Nov 2022, 10:02. Unions have accepted a pay offer that will see school support staff, including teaching assistants, and other council workers paid an extra £1,925 this year. The offer means a 10.5 per cent hike for the lowest-paid and just over 4 per cent for higher earners covered by the agreement. It is the highest rise offered to local ...
Teacher pay: What schools need to know about the 6.5% offer
13 Jul 2023, 14:29. Teachers and school leaders have been offered pay rises of 6.5 per cent from September. Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education’s own budget. The deal has the backing of unions, which have said they will recommend ...
Pay scales for teachers in England from September 2021 - Schools …
Oct 1, 2021 · The new teacher and school leadership pay scales for 2021-22 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. It follows the announcement at last year’s spending review of a pay freeze for all public sector workers earning more than £24,000 a year. Those earning less are supposed to get a pay rise of at least £250, though this applies ...
Teacher pay scales for 2020-21 revealed - Schools Week
Sep 23, 2020 · 87,512 – 121,749. 89,919 – 125,098. The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2020-21 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In July, the DfE announced salaries for new teachers would rise by 5.5 per cent this year year, with the upper and lower boundaries of the pay ranges for all other teachers to rise by 2.75 per.