The employers have made an improved pay offer of 4.27% for all SNCT grades from 1st August 2024. The SSTA Salaries & Conditions of Service Committee will be considering the offer in advance of the SNCT teachers side meeting later this week. Please see COSLA pay offer here.  Further updates to follow.

Welcome to the new school session with many changes on the horizon with the Education Bill and forthcoming changes to National Qualifications. Today we have the launch of relationships and behaviour action plan and mobile guidance.  Relationships and Behaviour Action Plan The action plan has been developed by the Scottish Advisory Group on Relationships and Behaviour in Schools (SAGRABIS). The action plan draws together a wide range of actions which are to be taken in response to the range of…

At the SNCT Teachers’ Panel meeting on Wednesday 14 March to consider the 2022-2024 pay offer. The pay offer was formally accepted by all unions and the decision was communicated to employers at the close of the meeting. The SNCT Handbook is to be updated to include SNCT 23/93 Pay Agreement April 2022-July 2024 SNCT Part 2 Appendix 2.1 Salary Tables SNCT Part 2 Appendix 2.5: Annex A (Remote School, Distant Island and Residential Special School Allowances)  Local authorities will…

The SSTA conducted a formal pay ballot of members on the latest pay offer from the employers (COSLA). Members voted overwhelmingly to accept and brought the SSTA pay dispute and further industrial action to an end. The SSTA members returned a 85.3% in favour of accepting with 14.7% rejecting the latest offer. The formal ballot had a turnout of 79.9%. Seamus Searson, SSTA General Secretary said. “The SSTA is an autonomous teachers’ union and the response to the ballot gave a clear statement.…

The SSTA has launched a formal ballot on the improved pay offer received from COSLA . The SSTA is advising all members to consider carefully the details of the pay offer.  Please note that it is structured differently from the previous pay offer that members were asked to consider in the consultative survey in February. The offer is for 28 months and is in three parts for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 July 2024: A 7% increase at all SNCT pay…

The SSTA National Executive met today to consider the next steps of the SSTA pay campaign. The Executive had identified dates for further industrial action in the event of the employers failing to produce an improved pay offer.However, just after 3.00pm today an improved pay offer was received from COSLA and as previously agreed by the SSTA Salaries Committee and National Executive the latest pay offer will be put to members. The SSTA will conduct a formal online ballot undertaken by an…

Following a meeting of the SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee and National Executive this evening the following statement has been released. The SSTA conducted a consultative survey of all members in local authorities, to gauge members’ views and comments on the employers pay offer (14 February 2023). The committees would like to thank all members who contributed to the survey that had a 76% response. The SSTA position has been to build strike action, apply pressure on the Scottish Government…

The SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee decided at its meeting on Wednesday 15 February to consult with members on the latest employers’ pay offer in order to gauge members’ views. The Committee believes it is important to consult members on any significant development in the pay dispute. All members employed by a local authority are invited to participate in the electronic consultative survey.The SNCT Teachers’ Pay Claim for 2022-2023 is for a 10% uplift for all SNCT pay…

The SSTA Salaries and Executive Committees met today to consider the latest pay offer and the next steps in the pay dispute. The SSTA is appalled by the actions of COSLA and Scottish Government in conducting the pay negotiations through the press and social media. COSLA and Scottish Government, together with the teacher unions, are partners in negotiations on schoolteachers’ pay and conditions of service. It shows a lack of respect of the established SNCT negotiating mechanism and the position of…