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More teachers taking on second jobs amid increased financial woes 

A new survey of teachers in Scotland has highlighted worsening financial pressures in the profession, with many reporting reduced personal spending and increased money worries compared with last year. NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union found that 14% of teachers have taken a second job to supplement their income, up from…

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Union recognition must be condition of public funding, says NASUWT

NASUWT has called for a “fundamental shift” in how public contracts are awarded, and said that trade union recognition and facility time should be made a condition of public funding access. The union criticised the growth of multi-academy trusts and free schools which, it said, receive billions of pounds of…

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Social media behind ‘surge’ in knife violence, NASUWT warns

NASUWT has warned that social media is fuelling a “surge” in youth violence, including knife crime, and that teachers are “increasingly facing the consequences in their classrooms”. At TUC Congress 2025, the union called for “urgent action” to tackle the drivers of violence and knife crime in schools, after its…

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Proposals to criminalise NI teachers a ‘slap in the face’, says NASUWT

NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union has called Northern Ireland’s Department of Education’s proposals to strengthen inspection legislation in a move that could see teachers criminalised a “slap in the face”.  According to the union, the move confirms the department’s intention to press ahead with plans to make it a criminal…

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Union urges government to issue schools guidance on antisemitism

Teachers’ union NASUWT has called on the government to issue schools with updated guidance on tackling antisemitism and other forms of racism, following survey findings that point to widespread abuse. In a letter to education secretary Bridget Phillipson, the union urged the Department for Education to provide “swift, strong support”…

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Teachers strike at Surbiton High School over ‘second class’ pay offer

Members of NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union at Surbiton High School are taking the first of three days of strike action today (26th June) over a pay award that is 45% lower than that given to state school teachers. The fee-paying school in the London borough of Kingston, Surrey, charges as much…

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Unions call on gov to scrap inspection reform timetable

The Department for Education (DfE) must scrap plans to introduce its new school inspection arrangements in November and delay its implementation until the start of the 2026/27 academic year, unions have warned the government.  The general secretaries of NEU, NASUWT, ASCL and NAHT have written to state secretary Bridget Phillipson…

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OGAT teachers strike over planned increase to school day

The Teachers’ Union at five secondary schools run by the Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) have begun strike action over plans to increase the length of the school day and the resultant impact on teachers’ working hours, workload and the welfare of staff and pupils. The National Association of Schoolmasters…

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Glodwick teachers to strike over health and safety concerns

Today (22 May) members of NASUWT will begin strike action at Glodwick Infant and Nursery School in Oldham over what it called “continuous issues with health and safety”.   Teachers at Glodwick said they have “endured a lack of action” from school leadership over health and safety risks onsite. The…

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Billions of school funding funnelled into private companies, NASUWT finds

Billions of pounds intended for education are being siphoned away from frontline teaching and funnelled into private companies and agencies leaving schools struggling, a new report has revealed.  New findings from NASUWT Teachers’ Union exposed a pattern of financial mismanagement, excessive executive pay, and profiteering in SEND provision, supply teacher…

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