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NASUWT could ballot members for strike action within weeks. The teachers’ union is proposing to ballot members for potential strike action as soon as the autumn term if the government fails to provide a “fully-funded” pay rise for next year [Schools Week]

Get answers to your questions about strike action with our FAQs. Understand  the rights and responsibilities of staff in your school, and how your school should respond to industrial action.

Schools are dipping into their own budgets to provide essentials for families in poverty. School leaders report helping families with bedding, appliances such as microwaves and cookers, and heating bills as the impact of child poverty worsens [Schools Week]

Find a selection of the grants available to schools across a range of areas including information your school can share with families to help with the cost of living with our funds and freebies article.

Rise in the number of pupils exhibiting violent behaviour. A poll by teaching union NASUWT, highlights that 81% of teachers believe there’s been an increase in violent and abusive behaviour in schools, with 2 in 5 teachers having suffered physical abuse from a pupil in the past year [Tes magazine - subscription required]

Find everything you need to review and approve your school or trust's behaviour policy, including what to look for in the policy and key questions to ask senior leaders.

This week's headlines

•  Two-thirds of respondents to the ‘Alternative Big Consultation’ believe Ofsted’s reforms will make the situation worse [Schools Week]
• Ofsted admit that proposed report card grading needs to be simplified [Tes magazine – subscription required]
• Concerns over a rise in misogyny in schools, as a quarter of female teachers report being verbally abused multiple times a week [Tes magazine – subscription required]
• National Education Union (NEU) calls for limits on MAT CEO pay [Tes magazine – subscription required]
• Support staff in schools offered 3.2% pay rise, with concerns raised about the subsequent impact on school budgets [Schools Week]

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