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.
This toolkit is designed to support you and your colleagues to take a pro-active approach to pay bargaining in your workplace.
Report by IPPR and The Difference. Disproportionate levels of exclusion are a cause for concern.
