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"Bullied" staff at Hutchesons’ Grammar School will take industrial action in August and September.

The best paid have had the highest wage hikes, but the majority of the workforce has seen salary growth fall, according to ONS data

Chief secretary to the Treasury confirms some recommended rises could be blocked despite prospect of strikes

Recommendations from independent pay review bodies could be rejected by PM if he deems them unaffordable

Tellingly, the education unions’ main activity in recent weeks was to jump on a report by the <em>Sunday Times</em>, which published the leaked latest recommendations of the STRB, proposing a 6.5 percent wage rise for teachers for the 2023-24 pay round.

Nearly 1,000 working days were lost across the year at one school in the borough.

There has been a sharp rise in sick days taken by teachers, with new figures showing the worst-affected schools in Blackpool.

There has been a sharp rise in sick days taken by teachers with new figures showing the worst-affected schools in the Scarborough area.

Some Barnet teachers are set to walk out in the first of seven days of planned strike action.

Schools are having to rely on cover staff and non-subject specialists to teach children due to teacher vacancies, education leaders have said.