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Employment Rights Act: what does it mean for teachers and schools? The key legislative changes to employment rights that heads and HR teams need to be aware for the year ahead – and beyond

Newly introduced legislation has a significant impact on the employment rights of teachers and other staff. Alistair Wood of @edaptuk.bsky.social explains how it will affect schools and trusts

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The Open Innovation Team based in HM Government is currently running a short survey on breakfast clubs.

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A great opportunity to help shape current and future policy.

Why 2026 will be a pivotal year for the school workforce The convergence of numerous decisions on pay, funding and workforce will mean the risk of industrial action is high this calendar year, writes Alistair Wood

🧵What should schools expect from education policy in 2026? In a series of articles for @tesmagazine.bsky.social, experts take a look at important developments on the way for workforce, funding, curriculum, behaviour and SEND. First up, @edaptuk.bsky.social's Alistair Wood on workforce.

Why 2026 will be a pivotal year for the school workforce The convergence of numerous decisions on pay, funding and workforce will mean the risk of industrial action is high this calendar year, writes Alistair Wood

Could summer term strikes be a reality? The risk is high due to the convergence of decisions on pay, funding and workforce, says @edaptuk.bsky.social’s Alistair Wood

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Parent allegations against teachers rise by a third Research showing an increase in allegations highlights a ‘fraying of relationships’ between families and schools, warns parents’ charity

Parent allegations against teachers have increased by a third in just one year, @edaptuk.bsky.social data shared exclusively with Tes reveals

2025 Budget: How will it affect teachers and schools? Find out what the 2025 Budget means for schools and teachers in England. We summarise the key announcements on SEND funding, teacher pay, school budgets, and wider measures affecting children. Edapt p...

Find out what the 2025 Budget means for schools and teachers in England. We summarise the key announcements on SEND funding, teacher pay, school budgets, and wider measures affecting children.

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Is there a maximum classroom temperature? - Edapt Maximum classroom temperatures can be a hot topic for discussion during the summer months. GOV.UK explains that during working hours the temperature in all indoor workplaces must be reasonable.

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With neither union’s red lines seemingly met, formal ballots remain a possibility.

Lots of detail still to come though as the experts like
@theifs.bsky.social dig further into the numbers.

The @nasuwt-official.bsky.social has also indicated that if the pay award is not fully funded, it will move to ballot members for industrial action as reaffirmed at its 2025 annual conference.

Reverse the long decline in teacher pay – Daniel Kebede Daniel Kebede says NEU prepared to register a formal dispute over funding of schools following pay award announcement.

“If the government does not commit to fully funding this pay award… we are prepared to register a formal dispute over funding.”

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And what about teacher pay and the unions?
The Spending Review doesn’t fully fund the teacher pay deal, a key concern for unions.
@neunion.bsky.social General Secretary
@danielkebedeneu.bsky.social told @labouroutlook.bsky.social yesterday:

A 5% efficiency target for the DfE may hold surprises.
'Efficiencies' often look like cuts from the front line.
We don’t yet know which programmes might be scaled back and how that might impact schools.

A new SEND white paper is expected in the autumn.
This may shift funding responsibilities in future, but without legislation, changes are likely years away, not immediate.

Staff pay, SEND, and energy will likely absorb most of the uplift.
The partial funding of the 4% teacher pay award, rising demand in SEND, and ongoing energy costs will limit flexibility in school budgets.

Capital spending ticks up briefly, then flattens.
It increases to £8.3bn in 2026–27, before falling back to £7.7bn annually.
This is a modest real-terms increase (assuming low inflation), but doesn’t expand the school rebuilding programme dramatically.