Invest in teachers and school leaders
- The challenges facing our education service
- Teacher and school leader pay
- Teacher and school leader workload
- Pay structure reform
This evidence has set out the united position of the unions on the key challenges facing our education service.
The policy mistakes of the 2010s and early 2020s have caused major damage to our schools and to the working lives of the teachers and school leaders who deliver our vital education service. We hope that the new Government will support us in turning the page on the failed policies of its predecessors.
The evidence is clear. Teacher and school leader pay has been hammered, causing huge damage to the ability of teaching to compete with other graduate professions. Workload is a huge problem, creating major supply and wellbeing issues. Recruitment and retention problems are at critical levels, driven by pay that is too low and workload that is too high. We urge the STRB to make the recommendations demanded by the evidence: a major pay correction and significant improvements to workload, with the Government taking the political responsibility on the funding needed for these urgent improvements.