Nasuwt Scotland

09/10/2026

Every child deserves a decent start in life and the chance to prosper and thrive.

Work should provide security, flexibility and wages that pay the bills.

Data gathered from our Big Question survey shows the impact of the cost of living on teachers, particularly early career teachers.

NASUWT remains committed to to improve the life chances for children and young people and to support our members at work.

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

This week NASUWT is sharing best practice from teachers and schools in Scotland.

Existing schemes to provide free period products can be expanded to include soap, underwear, tights and clothing.

01/10/2026

NASUWT Policy Official, Tara Lillis, spoke to the Education and Gaelic Committee this week as part of its pre-budget scrutiny and raised issues of workforce planning, ASN funding, tackling bureacracy and teacher workload.

29/09/2026

SEC Ex-President, David Anderson, presenting Linda McCann (Glasgow) with an NASUWT award for her work on Equalities. As a long-standing NASUWT activist, Linda's commitment to promoting the Equalities Agenda is greatly valued.

26/09/2026

BBC Scotland Debate Night this week discussing PISA.

NASUWT Scotland Officer Louise set out the staffing challenges in schools and the need to make teaching an attractive profession.

25/09/2026

The new parliamentary term is under way and NASUWT has been taking every opportunity to meet and engage with MSPs to campaign for a better deal for teachers.

NASUWT believe the Scottish Government should establish a workload taskforce to review why key recommendations from the Curriculum for Excellence Working Group on Tackling Bureaucracy (2015) were not fully implemented, with a particular focus on: Forward Planning in the Primary Sector; Assessment in the Secondary Sector; Self-Evaluation and Improvement Planning; Monitoring and Reporting.

Thanks to for raising this in the chamber with Cabinet Secretary Màiri McAllan.

23/09/2026

NASUWT's support for the Daily Record’s save young lives campaign - calling for properly funded su***de prevention in our schools - was highlighted to the First Minister this week.

Given that mandatory su***de prevention lessons are now included in England’s secondary schools, when will the Scottish Government fund equivalent education to help save young lives here in Scotland?

21/09/2026

It is vital that pupils and teachers are equipped with the skills to support young people in crisis.

Derrick Roberts, a teacher and NASUWT Scotland president, spoke to the Daily Record of the devastating impact of losing former pupils to su***de as he called on politicians to act.

Read more about our support for the Daily Record Save Young Lives campaign here:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/teaching-union-demands-su***de-prevention-37676278