SSTA News
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Presidential Address – Stuart Hunter
SSTA 80th Annual Congress Stirling Court Hotel, Stirling Friday 9th May 2025 Presidential Address: Stuart Hunter Introduction Distinguished guests, sister professional associations from these islands, Past Presidents and to all of our delegates from districts and areas of Scotland, welcome to our 80th Annual Congress. Eighty One Years ago, a number of Secondary teachers left…
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SSTA Member Bulletin – 8 May 2025
SSTA Congress 2025 The 80th SSTA Annual Congress is taking place on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 May at the Stirling Court Hotel. SSTA delegates from across Scotland will be gathering to debate important issues and make SSTA policy. Issues to be debated includes National Qualifications, ASN, Teacher Health and Wellbeing, Improvements to Family Leave, School…
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Member Bulletin – 14 March 2025
SNCT Teachers’ Side Meeting The next SNCT Teachers’ Side meeting will take place on Monday 17 March 2025 to consider the lack of progress on a pay offer and the reduction on class contact time. Despite a series of meetings to try and progress these issues little progress has been made. A formal pay claim…
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Member Bulletin – 11 February 2025
Formal Dispute Declared Failure to move forward on the Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) The SSTA and the other teacher unions gave notice to the employers that the SNCT Teachers’ Side would move to a formal trade dispute if no proposal to introduce a reduction in teacher class contact time was received by…
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Member Bulletin – 6 February 2025
SNCT Pay Claim 2025-2026 The SSTA Salaries and Conditions Committee will be presenting a case for a restorative pay claim for 2025-2026 at the SNCT Teachers’ Side meeting on Friday. The SSTA position is for a pay claim that is above the 3.5% Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) figure plus a significant % increase in restoring…
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Member Bulletin – 04 February 2025
Deadline Passed and COSLA has Failed to Act Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) The SSTA and the other teacher unions gave notice to the employers that the SNCT Teachers’ Side would move to a formal trade dispute if no proposal to introduce a reduction in teacher class contact time was received by Monday 3…
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Election of Vice-President – 2025-2027
We wish to advise members following a formal postal ballot, Paul Cochrane (Inverclyde) has been elected as SSTA Vice-President for 2025-2027. Paul is a Science teacher, is the SSTA District Secretary for Inverclyde and Convenor of the SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee. Paul said in his election statement “Only the SSTA delivers the specialist…
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Member Bulletin – Thursday 30 January 2025
Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) – Deadline Approaches and COSLA needs to Act The Scottish Government committed to a reduction in teacher class contact time from 22.5 hours to 21 hours. This commitment was made in recognition of the workload pressures that Scotland’s teachers faced. The SSTA and other teacher unions will declare a formal…
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Member Bulletin – Friday 24 January 2025
Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) – Deadline Approaches The Scottish Government committed to a reduction in teacher class contact time from 22.5 hours to 21 hours. This commitment was made in recognition of the workload pressures that Scotland’s teachers faced. Little progress has been made to date and the SSTA and other teacher unions will…
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December 2024 Newsletter
The SSTA December 2024 Newsletter is now available for members to download. The newsletter contains articles on:
