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Schools in Scotland could provide guaranteed number of teaching hours under new plans

Ministers have opened a consultation on a legal minimum number of school learning hours.

The National (Scotland)

Threat of more strikes in Scots schools lifted after third teachers' union votes to accept improved pay offer

The ballot of NASUWT members led to 52 per cent of members accepting the pay deal.

Daily Record

Third teaching union in Scotland votes to accept improved pay deal

Holyrood Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the threat of further strike action in schools had been lifted after the NASUWT ballot.

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Planned Glasgow school strikes cancelled as teaching union accept pay deal

Members of the EIS have voted to accept the sixth pay deal that has been offered to them which ends a long-running campaign of school strikes which has affected Glasgow schools since November.

Glasgow Live

Scottish teaching union accepts pay deal and halts strike action

MEMBERS of Scotland’s largest teaching union have voted to accept a pay deal, ending its long-running campaign of school strikes.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland’s largest teaching union accepts pay deal to end strikes

The Educational Institute of Scotland members voted 90% in favour of accepting the offer.

The Independent UK

Teaching union suspends strike action and urges members to accept new deal

As one teaching union urges accepts a new deal, another will ballot its members again

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Stirling teachers head out on pair of strike days as pay dispute rumbles on

The national dispute has seen classes closed both yesterday and today - as pressure grows on ministers to find a resolution.

Daily Record

Teaching union warns of potential for more strikes across Scotland

Schools are closed across the country for the second day in a row on Wednesday as teachers walked out.

The Independent UK

Schools shut across Scotland as teachers strike over pay

Members of the EIS and NASUWT unions are taking industrial action on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Glasgow school strikes - everything you need to know as industrial action continues

Glasgow schools are set to close their doors across two days - including today (February 28) - amid ongoing pay disputes with targeted action also set to take place.

Glasgow Live

Teachers begin two days of strike action as long-running pay dispute continues

TWO days of strike action by teachers is underway as a long-running dispute over pay continues.

The National (Scotland)

Pupils affected by teacher strikes could have missed days taken into account in exam results

Teaching Union the EIS is locked in a bitter pay dispute with the Government.

Daily Record

Teaching union postpones strike action following fresh pay deal offer

A TEACHING union has agreed to defer industrial action which was set to take place next week after members “marginally” voted to accept a new…

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Daily Record

Parents' concern that Perthshire students get hit with extra strike days

Eight days without lessons because teachers are striking in North Perthshire leaves parents of senior students with grave concerns over how this will effect exam grades.

The Independent UK

Targeted strike action by teachers ‘indefensible’ – Swinney

Strikes are taking place in certain areas around the country.

The Independent UK

Teachers in Scotland begin targeted strikes in key constituencies

Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland are involved in a long-running pay dispute.

The National (Scotland)

The air is clearing for SNP politicians at Westminster

RISING from the ashes of Nicola Sturgeon's eight-year reign as First Minister of Scotland, there is hope among some of the party’s internal…

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Daily Record

Dozens of schools to close in Perthshire as striking teachers target constituencies of leading politicians

The planned industrial action over an ongoing dispute over pay is specifically targeting Perthshire because it is represented at Holyrood by Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon's constituency to be ‘targeted’ with extra teacher strikes

CHILDREN attending school in the constituencies of key politicians including Scotland’s First Minister will face an extra six days of disruption…

Daily Record

Teachers in Stirling set for two more strike days as latest pay offer rejected

The strike action will take place at the end of the month.

The Independent UK

Pupils in key constituencies face six extra days of ‘targeted’ teacher strikes

The Educational Institute of Scotland is escalating its programme of industrial action.

Daily Record

Scotland's teachers offered new pay deal in bid to stop strikes

Teachers earning up to £80,000 could see their pay go up by 6 per cent from April 2022, and then another 5.5 per cent from the start of the 2023 financial year.

The Independent UK

Scotland’s teachers offered new pay deal in bid to stop strikes

Under the plans announced by Shirley-Anne Somerville on Tuesday evening teachers earning up to £80,000 would see their pay go up by 11.5% in April.

Daily Record

Scots teachers set to receive improved pay offer in 'next few days' which could halt strike action

Education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has appealed to teaching unions to suspend a planned wave of strikes which close classrooms across Scotland.

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