SSTA News
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SNCT Response to the Cabinet Secretary’s ‘Delivering Reduced Class Contact Time’
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…
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Work-Related Stress Survey Results
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…
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Ballot for Industrial Action
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…
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Pay Offer Accepted
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…
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Secondary Teacher Shortage – A Deepening Crisis
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…
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SSTA Opposes Falkirk Council’s Proposal on Primary ASN Provision
Union warns plan will harm vulnerable pupils and increase teacher workload The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) has expressed serious concern over Falkirk Council’s proposal to remove all enhanced provision for Primary Additional Support Needs (ASN) and require all primary schools to provide enhanced support. Although the SSTA represents secondary teachers, the union believes it…
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Member Bulletin – 10 October 2025
Industrial Action on the Horizon – Reduction in Class Contact Time The SSTA welcomes the Scottish Government’s proposal to establish a work plan for the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Reduction in Class Contact Time (RCCT) subgroup. This subgroup has been tasked with urgently developing a clear route map for the implementation of RCCT. However, the…
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SSTA Newsletter – October 2025
The October 2025 SSTA Newsletter is now available for members to download. The newsletter contains articles on: You can download the October 2025 SSTA Newsletter here
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Scotland Demands Better March and Rally
We’re inviting all SSTA members to join us, alongside the STUC, The Poverty Alliance, and unions from across Scotland at the Scotland Demands Better March and Rally on Saturday 25 October in Edinburgh. As the union representing Scotland’s secondary teachers, the SSTA is proud to stand with others demanding a fairer future. Every day, our members see the…
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SSTA Council Meeting Moved Online Only
⚠️ Please note: The SSTA Council meeting scheduled for Saturday 4 October in Glasgow will now take place online only due to adverse weather. Council members have been sent the meeting link by email. If you are a member of Council and have not received the meeting invite, please contact HQ at info@ssta.org.uk
