NEU teacher members across 32 non-academised sixth form colleges in England have taken part in today’s strike action.
Advice on teaching and learning responsibility (TLR) payments and other allowances, including SEN / ALN.
The aim of this checklist on ratios for students in SEND students in mainstream schools is to provide a framework that schools can adopt to ensure they adhere to good practice.
Government must ensure there is support for school leaders to stay in the profession and go where they are most needed.
Pay appeals can be used to challenge unfair pay decisions.
Teaching and learning responsibility payments (TLRs) are an essential part of the teacher pay system.
The NEU is aware that many schools – particularly, though not exclusively, primary schools – claim that movement onto or within the upper pay range (UPR) is dependent on a teacher undertaking additional responsibilities.
A key issue for many teachers is that their school has adopted a pay policy stating that progression on the upper pay range (UPR) should only be considered every two years.
The NEU is deeply concerned that support staff members are regularly working beyond their contracted hours and taking on additional duties outside their job role without pay.
The politics of austerity will only be ended in practice, not in fine words.
These international comparisons may only show part of the jeopardy facing the education system in England.
