SSTA News
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Member Bulletin – 23 August 2024
1 August Pay Settlement Date – Missed The SNCT Teachers’ Side met today to discuss the next steps in resolving this year’s pay settlement. A pay settlement was due on 1 August 2024 and COSLA, after 6 months of reminders from the Teachers’ Side, made an unacceptable initial offer in June. With the summer break…
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Member Bulletin 15 August 2024
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…
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Newsletter – June 2024
The June 2024 SSTA Newsletter is now available for members to download. The newsletter includes articles on:
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Member Bulletin – 21 June 2024
The SNCT Pay Claim 2024-2025 – No improved offer received The SNCT Teachers’ Side pay claim for 2024-2025 is 6.5% for all SNCT grades from August 2024 and was made in January 2024. The SNCT Teachers’ Side unanimously rejected the pay offer made on 5 June on behalf of all the teacher unions. Please follow the…
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Member Bulletin – 5 June 2024
The SNCT Pay Claim 2024-2025 – Pay Offer Rejected The SNCT Teachers’ Side pay claim for 2024-2025 is 6.5% for all SNCT grades from August 2024 was made in January 2024. The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (SSTA, EIS, COSLA and Scottish Government) met on 4 June and a pay offer was issued by the employers. The pay offer…
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Report of the General Secretary- 79th Annual Congress of the SSTA
The SSTA is entering its 80th year having been established in 1944. The focus of the SSTA was and still is, secondary teachers and secondary education. Over the years the SSTA has dealt with many challenges but throughout its journey it remained true to the position of its members. The SSTA is a very principled…
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Presidential Address to 79th Annual Congress of the SSTA
At the end of congress last year, I was honoured to have our Immediate Past President, Catherine Nicol, hand over the Presidency to me. It has been a busy year. To say that it has been exhilarating and an enormous learning curve is understating the last year. Catherine gave me a lift home at the…
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Member Bulletin – 30 April 2024
The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Pay Claim 2024-2025 The SNCT Teachers’ Side pay claim for 2024-2025 was submitted in January. The claim for 6.5% for all SNCT grades from August 2024 was acknowledged by the employers at the SNCT meeting in February. The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (SSTA, EIS, COSLA and Scottish Government)…
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92% OF LESSONS INTERRUPTED BY PUPIL MOBILE PHONES
In the 2023 SSTA survey, 71% of members highlighted that the misuse of mobile phones was having an impact on poor pupil behaviour and learning. The SSTA Education Committee wanted to get further information on the use of mobile phones in school and commissioned a survey to find out members views. The survey took place…
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Members Bulletin – 12 March 2024
The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) Pay Claim 2024-2025 The SNCT Teachers’ Side pay claim for 2024-2025 was submitted in January. The claim for 6.5% for all SNCT grades from August 2024 was acknowledged by the employers at the SNCT meeting in February. COSLA stated at the meeting that it was in discussions with…
