@seamusssta1.bsky.social
SSTA picks up too many cases of bullying of teachers by teachers in our schools. Bullying needs to be challenged and working in a supportive environment where staff wellbeing is prioritised.
How workplace bullying can affect your personality
theconversation.com/how-workplac...
How workplace bullying can affect your personality
theconversation.com/how-workplac...
How workplace bullying can affect your personality
Recent research has looked at the effect of bullying on the ‘big five’ personality traits.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
SSTA picks up too many cases of bullying of teachers by teachers in our schools. Bullying needs to be challenged and working in a supportive environment where staff wellbeing is prioritised.
How workplace bullying can affect your personality
theconversation.com/how-workplac...
How workplace bullying can affect your personality
theconversation.com/how-workplac...
SSTA - All subjects are important and they are all a benefit to young people. Schools narrowing the curriculum to focus on exam league tables forget why schools exist.
Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition
theconversation.com/physical-edu...
Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition
theconversation.com/physical-edu...
Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition
Physical education has many cognitive benefits for kids – including for their working memory, problem solving and maths performance.
theconversation.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
SSTA - All subjects are important and they are all a benefit to young people. Schools narrowing the curriculum to focus on exam league tables forget why schools exist.
Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition
theconversation.com/physical-edu...
Physical education is important for academic success – here’s how it benefits kids’ cognition
theconversation.com/physical-edu...
SSTA - Disadvantaged young people will be biggest losers if this fails. Need to overcome the funding and staffing issues.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Should all pupils get the right to an outdoor education week?
The Scottish government must choose to fund outdoor education or a bill aiming to give all children the experience will fail.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
SSTA - Disadvantaged young people will be biggest losers if this fails. Need to overcome the funding and staffing issues.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SSTA - Young people are 'missing out' with schools not seeing languages as important and finding excuses to cut from a good balanced education.
Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
theconversation.com/young-people...
Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
theconversation.com/young-people...
Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
By listening more closely to the interests and goals of young people in schools, we can start to provide the language teaching they want.
theconversation.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
SSTA - Young people are 'missing out' with schools not seeing languages as important and finding excuses to cut from a good balanced education.
Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
theconversation.com/young-people...
Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
theconversation.com/young-people...
SSTA. Not restricted to England. Primary to Secondary transfer is important to get it right. More teachers and education support staff to support children essential.
Research English children’s wellbeing drops when they start secondary school – here’s why
theconversation.com/research-sho...
Research English children’s wellbeing drops when they start secondary school – here’s why
theconversation.com/research-sho...
Research shows English children’s wellbeing drops when they start secondary school – here’s why
Pupils must adapt to new teachers, routines, academic demands and social dynamics.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
SSTA. Not restricted to England. Primary to Secondary transfer is important to get it right. More teachers and education support staff to support children essential.
Research English children’s wellbeing drops when they start secondary school – here’s why
theconversation.com/research-sho...
Research English children’s wellbeing drops when they start secondary school – here’s why
theconversation.com/research-sho...
.@SSTAtradeunion
working together to deliver the reduction in excessive class contact time. Quality is always better than quantity!
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
working together to deliver the reduction in excessive class contact time. Quality is always better than quantity!
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Scottish teachers back industrial action over contact time
Members of both the EIS and SSTA unions have signalled support for strike action if the reduction in class-contact time is not delivered
www.tes.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
.@SSTAtradeunion
working together to deliver the reduction in excessive class contact time. Quality is always better than quantity!
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
working together to deliver the reduction in excessive class contact time. Quality is always better than quantity!
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Reposted
Delivering the 90 Minutes and Protecting Secondary Teachers - Consultative Survey
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultative survey. Your contribution is invaluable & will help strengthen our campaign to reduce excessive teacher workload.
ssta.org.uk/member-bulle...
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultative survey. Your contribution is invaluable & will help strengthen our campaign to reduce excessive teacher workload.
ssta.org.uk/member-bulle...
Member Bulletin - Thursday 28 August 2025 - Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Delivering the 90 Minutes and Protecting Secondary Teachers – Consultative Survey Thank you to the more than 2,800+ members who took part in the recent SSTA consultative survey. Your contribution is i...
ssta.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Delivering the 90 Minutes and Protecting Secondary Teachers - Consultative Survey
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultative survey. Your contribution is invaluable & will help strengthen our campaign to reduce excessive teacher workload.
ssta.org.uk/member-bulle...
Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultative survey. Your contribution is invaluable & will help strengthen our campaign to reduce excessive teacher workload.
ssta.org.uk/member-bulle...
This is the way forward to help retain and recruit teachers in Scottish secondary schools. Improvements in work/life balance, productivity and health and wellbeing.
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association ready to engage and develop a pilot scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association ready to engage and develop a pilot scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Four-day week good for workers and employers, pilot study finds
A trial has found that 98% of staff felt morale and motivation had improved with reduced hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is the way forward to help retain and recruit teachers in Scottish secondary schools. Improvements in work/life balance, productivity and health and wellbeing.
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association ready to engage and develop a pilot scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association ready to engage and develop a pilot scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@SSTAtradeunion
Is this the last chance for COSLA to show they are competent to manage education or is it time for an independent education body?
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Is this the last chance for COSLA to show they are competent to manage education or is it time for an independent education body?
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Swinney threatens councils to cut class contact time
But local authorities say that government funding to date does ‘not come close’ to the true cost of delivering the policy and it could have ‘a detrimental impact’ on pupils
www.tes.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@SSTAtradeunion
Is this the last chance for COSLA to show they are competent to manage education or is it time for an independent education body?
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Is this the last chance for COSLA to show they are competent to manage education or is it time for an independent education body?
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
.
@SSTAtradeunion
The reduction of class contact time a MUST. 4 years of delays and excuses from COSLA shows contempt for teachers.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
@SSTAtradeunion
The reduction of class contact time a MUST. 4 years of delays and excuses from COSLA shows contempt for teachers.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Secondary teachers move closer to striking over contact time
Teachers in Scotland have lost patience over the slow progress on cutting class-contact time by 90 minutes a week, says SSTA
www.tes.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
.
@SSTAtradeunion
The reduction of class contact time a MUST. 4 years of delays and excuses from COSLA shows contempt for teachers.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
@SSTAtradeunion
The reduction of class contact time a MUST. 4 years of delays and excuses from COSLA shows contempt for teachers.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
SSTA
An important issue for secondary schools in Scotland. Further damage possible with the current narrow exam led curriculum.
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils theconversation.com/linguistics-...
An important issue for secondary schools in Scotland. Further damage possible with the current narrow exam led curriculum.
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils theconversation.com/linguistics-...
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils
A languages curriculum enriched with linguistics is appealing to students and teachers.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
SSTA
An important issue for secondary schools in Scotland. Further damage possible with the current narrow exam led curriculum.
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils theconversation.com/linguistics-...
An important issue for secondary schools in Scotland. Further damage possible with the current narrow exam led curriculum.
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils theconversation.com/linguistics-...
.@SSTAtradeunion Teachers with Autism need support and understanding in schools. Their contributions to education must be valued.
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful theconversation.com/everyone-isn...
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful theconversation.com/everyone-isn...
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful
This casual phrase might seem harmless but it misunderstands what autism really is and can do real harm to autistic people.
theconversation.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
.@SSTAtradeunion Teachers with Autism need support and understanding in schools. Their contributions to education must be valued.
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful theconversation.com/everyone-isn...
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful theconversation.com/everyone-isn...
SSTA - Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Teachers need help now to protect them from challenges
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teachers need help now to protect them from challenges
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teachers want clarity over single-sex spaces in Scottish schools
Teachers are calling on the Scottish government to urgently publish new guidance following a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
SSTA - Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Teachers need help now to protect them from challenges
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teachers need help now to protect them from challenges
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
.@SSTAtradeunion 2025 Congress underway watch at
ssta.org.uk/congress-202...
Pay offer delay leaves Scottish teachers feeling ‘undervalued and ignored’
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
ssta.org.uk/congress-202...
Pay offer delay leaves Scottish teachers feeling ‘undervalued and ignored’
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Congress 2025 - Live Stream - Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Day One - Friday 9 May 2025 Day 2 - Saturday 10 May 2025
ssta.org.uk
May 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
.@SSTAtradeunion 2025 Congress underway watch at
ssta.org.uk/congress-202...
Pay offer delay leaves Scottish teachers feeling ‘undervalued and ignored’
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
ssta.org.uk/congress-202...
Pay offer delay leaves Scottish teachers feeling ‘undervalued and ignored’
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
SSTA has been saying this for years.
Lack of understanding of ASL, lack of funding and lack of support for teachers. Cutting the support for the most vulnerable has been a constant theme maybe something will change?
audit.scot/news/fundame...
Lack of understanding of ASL, lack of funding and lack of support for teachers. Cutting the support for the most vulnerable has been a constant theme maybe something will change?
audit.scot/news/fundame...
Fundamental review needed of planning and resourcing of additional support for learning | Audit Scotland
The Scottish Government and councils must fundamentally rethink how they plan, fund and staff additional support for learning as part of core school education
audit.scot
February 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
SSTA has been saying this for years.
Lack of understanding of ASL, lack of funding and lack of support for teachers. Cutting the support for the most vulnerable has been a constant theme maybe something will change?
audit.scot/news/fundame...
Lack of understanding of ASL, lack of funding and lack of support for teachers. Cutting the support for the most vulnerable has been a constant theme maybe something will change?
audit.scot/news/fundame...
.
@SSTAtradeunion
The review of school inspections in Scotland is underway and we must guard against the new OFSTED model that is seriously flawed and damages schools.
Ofsted report cards are a superficial change – the inspectorate needs a culture shift theconversation.com/ofsted-repor...
@SSTAtradeunion
The review of school inspections in Scotland is underway and we must guard against the new OFSTED model that is seriously flawed and damages schools.
Ofsted report cards are a superficial change – the inspectorate needs a culture shift theconversation.com/ofsted-repor...
Ofsted report cards are a superficial change – the inspectorate needs a culture shift
There are two specific areas where we believe the new proposals have particularly failed: inspector conduct and inspection accountability.
theconversation.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
.
@SSTAtradeunion
The review of school inspections in Scotland is underway and we must guard against the new OFSTED model that is seriously flawed and damages schools.
Ofsted report cards are a superficial change – the inspectorate needs a culture shift theconversation.com/ofsted-repor...
@SSTAtradeunion
The review of school inspections in Scotland is underway and we must guard against the new OFSTED model that is seriously flawed and damages schools.
Ofsted report cards are a superficial change – the inspectorate needs a culture shift theconversation.com/ofsted-repor...
.
@SSTAtradeunion
Deadline Passed and COSLA has Failed to Act to
Reduce Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes)
The deadline has passed and SNCT Teachers’ Side meet on Friday to declare dispute.
This latest delay shows that employers do not value their teachers enough.
@SSTAtradeunion
Deadline Passed and COSLA has Failed to Act to
Reduce Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes)
The deadline has passed and SNCT Teachers’ Side meet on Friday to declare dispute.
This latest delay shows that employers do not value their teachers enough.
a woman in a purple dress is standing on a stage with the words surprise surprise written on the bottom
ALT: a woman in a purple dress is standing on a stage with the words surprise surprise written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
.
@SSTAtradeunion
Deadline Passed and COSLA has Failed to Act to
Reduce Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes)
The deadline has passed and SNCT Teachers’ Side meet on Friday to declare dispute.
This latest delay shows that employers do not value their teachers enough.
@SSTAtradeunion
Deadline Passed and COSLA has Failed to Act to
Reduce Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes)
The deadline has passed and SNCT Teachers’ Side meet on Friday to declare dispute.
This latest delay shows that employers do not value their teachers enough.
SSTA Waits as Deadline Approaches - Monday 3 February
Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) and COSLA needs to Act.
The Scottish Government wants the reduction, but we have no such statement from COSLA. Local Authorities are finalising council budgets. Will they reduce teacher workload.
Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) and COSLA needs to Act.
The Scottish Government wants the reduction, but we have no such statement from COSLA. Local Authorities are finalising council budgets. Will they reduce teacher workload.
January 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
SSTA Waits as Deadline Approaches - Monday 3 February
Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) and COSLA needs to Act.
The Scottish Government wants the reduction, but we have no such statement from COSLA. Local Authorities are finalising council budgets. Will they reduce teacher workload.
Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes) and COSLA needs to Act.
The Scottish Government wants the reduction, but we have no such statement from COSLA. Local Authorities are finalising council budgets. Will they reduce teacher workload.
SSTA Vice-President Election – Make Sure To Return Your Ballot Paper
The SSTA Vice-President Election is a postal ballot of members and is taking place in January 2025. Ballot papers were distributed to members home address. The closing date for the election is Thursday 30 January 2025.
The SSTA Vice-President Election is a postal ballot of members and is taking place in January 2025. Ballot papers were distributed to members home address. The closing date for the election is Thursday 30 January 2025.
January 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
SSTA Vice-President Election – Make Sure To Return Your Ballot Paper
The SSTA Vice-President Election is a postal ballot of members and is taking place in January 2025. Ballot papers were distributed to members home address. The closing date for the election is Thursday 30 January 2025.
The SSTA Vice-President Election is a postal ballot of members and is taking place in January 2025. Ballot papers were distributed to members home address. The closing date for the election is Thursday 30 January 2025.
Deadline - Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes)
The Scottish Government committed to a reduction in teacher class contact time from 22.5 hours to 21 hours in recognition of teacher workload pressures.
Little progress and a move trade dispute if no proposal by Monday 3 February.
The Scottish Government committed to a reduction in teacher class contact time from 22.5 hours to 21 hours in recognition of teacher workload pressures.
Little progress and a move trade dispute if no proposal by Monday 3 February.
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Deadline - Reduction in Teacher Contact Time (90 minutes)
The Scottish Government committed to a reduction in teacher class contact time from 22.5 hours to 21 hours in recognition of teacher workload pressures.
Little progress and a move trade dispute if no proposal by Monday 3 February.
The Scottish Government committed to a reduction in teacher class contact time from 22.5 hours to 21 hours in recognition of teacher workload pressures.
Little progress and a move trade dispute if no proposal by Monday 3 February.
Reposted
SSTA School Reps Briefing - Wednesday 22 January at 5.00 pm
Online briefing for new school reps and members wanting to reduce workload. The briefing will give guidance on cutting teacher bureaucracy, reducing stress and workload.
Reserve your place at ssta.org.uk/events/schoo...
Online briefing for new school reps and members wanting to reduce workload. The briefing will give guidance on cutting teacher bureaucracy, reducing stress and workload.
Reserve your place at ssta.org.uk/events/schoo...
January 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
SSTA School Reps Briefing - Wednesday 22 January at 5.00 pm
Online briefing for new school reps and members wanting to reduce workload. The briefing will give guidance on cutting teacher bureaucracy, reducing stress and workload.
Reserve your place at ssta.org.uk/events/schoo...
Online briefing for new school reps and members wanting to reduce workload. The briefing will give guidance on cutting teacher bureaucracy, reducing stress and workload.
Reserve your place at ssta.org.uk/events/schoo...
.@SSTAtradeunion prepares for SNCT Pay Claim 2025-2026. Inflation now at 2.5%
The SSTA position is for a restorative pay claim that is above the rate of inflation and moves towards a salary scale that reinforces the importance of school teachers in Scotland.
The SSTA position is for a restorative pay claim that is above the rate of inflation and moves towards a salary scale that reinforces the importance of school teachers in Scotland.
January 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
.@SSTAtradeunion prepares for SNCT Pay Claim 2025-2026. Inflation now at 2.5%
The SSTA position is for a restorative pay claim that is above the rate of inflation and moves towards a salary scale that reinforces the importance of school teachers in Scotland.
The SSTA position is for a restorative pay claim that is above the rate of inflation and moves towards a salary scale that reinforces the importance of school teachers in Scotland.