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Teachers facing ‘dystopian’ working conditions need new deal on pay – union

Teachers are facing “dystopian levels” of work-related stress and cannot go on much longer without reforms to their pay and conditions, a union has warned. Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, has accused the Government of ...

29 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

OECD education report raises ‘significant questions’ for Government, says union

Scotland’s largest teaching union has said there are “significant questions” for the Scottish Government to answer on its support for education. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has called for greater investment from the Government and ...

10 Sept 2025 at 14:32

Scotland

Teachers working more than 11 hours on average extra each week – research

Teachers are working more than 11 hours extra each week on average to tackling their growing complex responsibilities, research has suggested. Scotland’s largest teaching union the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has demanded ministers ...

06 Jun 2024 at 09:30

‘Excessive workload’ means 44% of teachers work extra day every week, says union

Workload levels mean more than two-fifths of teachers are working the equivalent of an extra day each week – with more than one in 10 working an additional two days without pay, research has found. A survey by the EIS teaching union found 44....

03 Jun 2025 at 10:19

Nearly half of teachers say number of unfilled positions has worsened – poll

Nearly half of teachers in England have seen the number of teaching posts left unfilled or temporarily filled increase over the past year, a survey suggests. More than two in three (71%) of teachers surveyed said staff absence due to ...

14 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Teachers back strike action in consultative ballot over class contact time

A ballot organised by Scotland’s largest teaching union has displayed strong support for strike action, if a long awaited promise to cut teachers’ class contact time is not delivered in the near future. The ballot organised by the ...

29 Aug 2025 at 21:26

Scotland

Teachers to be reballoted after turnout means EIS fails to win strike mandate

Scotland’s largest teaching union is to reballot members as part of a dispute over “excessive” workloads – with the union also hitting out at “restrictive” laws which meant it failed to win a mandate for strike action. A total of ...

16 Jan 2026 at 16:40

Schools strikes suspended after ‘landmark investment’ from Scottish Government

Scotland’s largest teaching union has suspended planned strikes after reaching a deal with the Government and councils. The EIS trade union said the deal it had reached with the Scottish Government and local authority body Cosla ...

13 Mar 2026 at 15:28

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