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The ballot has begun with ballot packs being mailed out to members home address on Monday 15 December. Ballot packs will be arriving in the coming days. The ballot can only be legally conducted by post, and it is so important that members return their ballot papers as soon as possible. For the ballot to be…

Tuesday 16 December 2025  SNCT Teachers’ Panel response to Scottish Government Class Contact proposals The Teachers’ Panel of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) has today met to consider its collective response to the Scottish Government’s paper, received on 20th November 2025, titled “Delivering Reduced Class Contact Time: A National Deal for Scotland’s Teachers”.…

SSTA response to COSLA’s Press Statement raising concerns on ‘Reduction in Class Contact Time’ The SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee reviewed the COSLA’s Press Statement on the ‘Reduction in Class Contact Time’ (RCCT). The committee stated that the paper avoided the use of the additional 90 minutes as planning, preparation and correction and in the…

 Delivering the 90 Minutes and Protecting Secondary Teachers – Ballot 15 December The SSTA National Executive has confirmed the next step in the Delivering the 90 Minutes and Protecting Secondary Teachers campaign by launching the formal postal ballot for industrial action from 15 December 2025. The ballot will close at 12 noon on Friday 23 January.  The ballot is open to…

SSTA response to Scottish Government ‘A National Deal for Scotland’s Teachers’ The SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee reviewed the Scottish Government ‘A National Deal for Scotland’s Teachers’. The committee stated that the paper avoided the use of the additional 90 minutes as planning, preparation and correction and in the control of the teacher. Therefore, the…

The SNCT Teachers’ Side met this morning to discuss concerns arising from the Cabinet Secretary’s press release, Delivering Reduced Class Contact Time, issued on Thursday 20 November, along with the subsequent document Delivering Reduced Class Contact Time: A National Deal for Scotland’s Teachers  The SNCT Reduction in Class Contact Time working group had met on Wednesday 19 November, where…

Your Responses Confirmed – Action on Demands, Support & Change On behalf of the SSTA Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Committee, I want to sincerely thank the 600 members of staff who took the time to complete our recent confidential survey on work-related stress. As promised, we approached this survey with a commitment to calling…

Tackling Teacher Workload – An SSTA Priority The SSTA National Executive is preparing for an official postal ballot on industrial action in the coming weeks — the next step in its campaign to reduce teacher workload and related stress. Seamus Searson, SSTA General Secretary, said: “Tackling excessive teacher workload is now our top priority, following…

Message to Members – 11 November 2025 Pay Offer Accepted The SNCT Teachers’ Side met on Tuesday, 11 November, and agreed to accept the “best and final” pay offer from COSLA. Following our member survey, the SSTA voted in favour of acceptance. A total of 1,706 members responded, with 96% voting to accept the 2025–2027 pay offer. .Please see SNCT Teachers’ Side acceptance…

The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA), which represents all teachers employed in secondary schools across Scotland, recently conducted a survey as part of its “Delivering the 90 Minutes” campaign to better understand the staffing situation in secondary education.  For several years, secondary schools have struggled to recruit sufficient subject-specialist teachers to meet curricular needs. With the…