News and communications

£1.5million investment for mental health support, new guidance for schools to prevent bullying of staff and steps to ease teacher workload have been announced.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

The Secretary of State’s letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2024.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

The Prime Minister, the Education Secretary, the General Secretaries of the four education unions and General Secretary Elect of NEU made a joint statement on Teachers' pay.

• Updated: 13 July 2023

Letter to NEU about the response from the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) on whether the teachers' pay offer was evidenced to be fully funded.

• Updated: 15 May 2023

The Secretary of State’s letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2023.

• Updated: 15 November 2022

STEM teachers in disadvantaged schools to receive £3,000 tax-free payments per year over next three years along with new funding to improve school buildings.

• Updated: 13 May 2022

The Secretary of State’s letter to the STRB asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2022.

• Updated: 17 December 2021

Salary boosts for new maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers

• Updated: 6 October 2021

The Secretary of State’s letter to the STRB asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2021.

• Updated: 15 December 2020

The Secretary of State’s letter to the STRB asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2020.

• Updated: 18 September 2019

Plans to raise primary and secondary teachers' salaries by 2022

• Updated: 2 September 2019

New scheme will mean early career maths and physics teachers in the North East, Yorkshire & the Humber and all Opportunity Areas can get an additional £2,000.

• Updated: 23 May 2019

Government commits £940 million to protect Teachers’ Pension Scheme so it will remain among most generous in the country

• Updated: 10 April 2019

The Secretary of State’s letter to the STRB asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2019.

• Updated: 21 November 2018

Welsh Secretary: Funding is as a result of UK Government’s decision to increase teachers’ pay

• Updated: 13 September 2018

Teachers are in line for a pay rise of up to £1,366 a year as part of the government’s pay deal for around a million public sector workers.

• Updated: 24 July 2018

Around one million public sector workers are set to benefit from the biggest pay rise in almost 10 years.

• Updated: 24 July 2018

The Secretary of State’s letter to the STRB asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for 2018.

• Updated: 7 December 2017

Justine Greening speaks to school and college leaders about the teaching profession and the recruitment and retention package.

• Updated: 10 March 2017

The Education Secretary addresses ASCL about her ambitions for the teaching profession and how to support teachers in a school-led system.

• Updated: 10 March 2017