Teachers

The UK must stand with Taiwan against intimidation by China, UUP peer Lord Rogan has told the World League for Freedom and Democracy conference in Taipei.

Peer presses government on teacher pay disparity with rest of UK

Morning View

Editorial: If MLAs can't take hard decisionslet us not pretend that they can

Teachers on the picket line on Wednesday morning at Elmgrove Primary School in east Belfast. Most schools in Northern Ireland were closed until midday due to a strike over pay. Picture by Jonathan Porter / PressEye

‘Real anger’ among teachers as thousands strike across NI

NASUWT members took to the picket lines across NI this morning in an industrial dispute over teachers' pay. Pictured is the picket line at Malone Integrated College.

Schools across NI suffer major disruption as five unions strike over pay

The education of almost 60,000 children across NI will suffer significant disruption this Friday when all three public transport unions go on strike.
Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Transport strike to impact 60,000 pupils across NI this week

(left to right) Graham Gault national secretary for National Association of Health Teachers (NAHT), Ronan Sharkey president of National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) in Northern Ireland, Jacquie White General Secretary of Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU), Mark McTaggart northern secretary of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) and Danielle Black, regional officer at National Education Union (NEU), as members of the five teaching unions in Northern Ireland have announced that their members will hold strike action on five days in a long-running dispute over pay.

Teachers in NI warn of longer strikes if no resolution is reached in pay dispute

File photo dated 21/02/2023 of teachers on the picket line outside Oakwood School & Assessment Centre in Belfast. Teaching unions in Northern Ireland have announced their members will hold strike action on five days in a long-running dispute over pay.

Teaching unions announce escalation of strike action in pay dispute

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Education and health sector workers attending a rally Belfast earlier this year. A number of unions have today stated that further industrial action is likely this year if public sector pay awards for workers in England are not matched in Northern Ireland

NI public sector staff angry over growing pay gap with rest of UK, unions warn

Leigh McKay, Vice Principal at Ballyclare Secondary School and Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) Vice President, said a major problem is teachers retiring increasingly early - and young teachers going to teach overseas.

‘Increasingly challenging’ to recruit secondary school teachers

Teachers promised £2,400 bonus by Labour to cap ‘mass resignations’

Labour plan to offer teachers £2,400 bonus to cap mass resignations

Blue Light Card holders will be able to get exclusive offers this weekend

Blue Light Weekend launches with huge offers - how to claim

Teachers’ strikes: Fresh round of industrial action announced for July

An NHS image of a foetus at 13-20 weeks' gestation. Abortion is now legal in Northern Ireland up until birth 'to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or girl', or in cases of 'severe fetal impairment'.

'Teachers may boycott abortion lessons - and have right to do so'

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted changes being considered after death of headteacher
The Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is said to be considering major changes to the way school inspections take place after a headteacher took her own life.

Morning View

Editorial: Parents should pay attention to the direction of sex education in NI

Minister for Schools Nick Gibb is going to look into Year 6 SATs following concerns the reading exam was too difficult

Year 6 SATs exams to be looked into by schools minister

Three teachers and a 14-year-old pupil have been injured in a disturbance at Johnstone High School in Renfrewshire.

Pupil and teachers taken to hospital after ‘disturbance’ at UK school

Progress/BLM/trans-inclusive LGBTQQIA+ flag overlaid with a trans flag and symbol

Transgender Trend: 'Here is why we object to gender identity school lessons'

Pacemaker Press 26/04/23
Thousands strike at Belfast City Hall on Wednesday.
Most schools in Northern Ireland are to close today due to a teaching strike over pay.
All five teaching unions in Northern Ireland are joining the strike action, with the National Association of Head Teachers striking for the first time in its history in relation to pay.

The full-day strike action follows a half day of strike action in schools in February, with members in further-education colleges joining their teacher colleagues.
Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Unionist MLA calls for 'elected ministers' in place to break strike deadlock

Unions expect huge response to strike call from teachers in Northern Ireland

Unions expect huge response from Northern Ireland teachers to strike call

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

NASUWT votes in favour of abolishing Ofsted after teacher’s death

Members of the NASUWT and INTO on the picket line outside Lismore Comprehensive in Craigavon during a half-day strike on February 21 over pay and conditions

Northern Ireland teaching unions announce full day of strike action over pay

A classroom

Almost every teacher in Northern Ireland likely to be on strike on April 26

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman said school inspections should continue to raise standards in schools.

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

NASUWT general secretary Patrick Roach said members working in special education are at breaking point

SEN staff at breaking point over long hours, big classes and assaults

Members of the NASUWT and INTO on the picket line outside Lismore Comprehensive in Craigavon during a half-day strike on February 21 over pay and conditions

NI teachers to consider escalation of industrial action over ‘woeful’ pay

A Live Music Now session gets underway with a demonstration of the technology involved

Children have taken part in a 'Musical Inclusivity' event

Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)

Strike action taking place in March 2023 in the UK - including NEU

Children on World Book Day.

Teachers strikes fall on same day as World Book Day

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Four Northern Ireland teaching unions say: We have no choice but to strike

World Book Day 2023 is coming - everything you need to know

Teachers on the picket line outside Oakwood School & Assessment Centre in Belfast. Teachers from five unions across Northern Ireland are taking part in a 12-hour strike in a dispute over pay and the future of the profession. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Teachers and some health workers have taken part in strike action

Protestors outside City Hall in Belfast during a trade union rally in support of striking workers

Teachers 'are at breaking point and struggling to make ends meet'

Thousands of workers in the education and health sectors in Northern Ireland take part in strike on Tuesday.

STRIKES: Thousands of teachers take action over pay and conditions

A clip from the INTO video on how to help gender transition a child

Transgenderism: Major Irish teaching union under fire from Jordan Peterson

A rally at Stormont in March last year by members of the Unite trade union.
Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Rallies across NI in support of strike by teachers and health workers

Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ: Ulster Teachers’ Union Conference 2022 at Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle on Friday 1st April 2022.

NI principal warns a third of young teachers quitting over pay

MPs have been given a 2.9% pay rise, starting from April 1.

MPs to get 2.9% pay rise, taking salaries to over £86,000

St John’s Green Primary School in Colchester said they were forced to sack staff as they could no longer cope with the rising costs of energy bills.

Teachers and staff of UK school fired after energy bills soar

STEM Teacher of the Year Lisa Jane Rodgers of St Louise’s Comprehensive College.

Teaching professionals honoured

HMRC is reminding people how to claim extra credits for childcare.

How to increase childcare budget as teacher strikes loom

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Strike action is looming. Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Teachers in Northern Ireland set to strike over pay award

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

Members of health trade unions take part in a protest outside the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in August, to demand a pay increase to help protect workers from the cost-of-living crisis. Picture date: Wednesday August 24, 2022

Trade unions discuss NI ‘days of action’ link-up across sectors

Schools in Scotland are set to close in January as teachers prepare to walk out again in pay dispute. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Schools in England and Wales to shut if teachers take strike action

Pupils enjoying school dinners

Teachers organisations join Jamie Oliver call for free school meals

Classroom

Talks but no breakthrough on pay for NI teachers

School image

Teachers to stage industrial action on Monday morning in NI

A trade union says a system failure has left substitute teachers in Northern Ireland not being paid.

'Payment failures means sub teachers can't afford petrol to get to work'