Salaries Motions 2026

Motions	Resolutions
31. Council That this AGM instructs Council to seek agreement at SNCT with COSLA and Scottish Government on a clear route map to real terms pay restoration to values established by A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century.
32. Council and North Lanarkshire Local Association That this AGM calls on Council to continue to campaign for a significant reduction in members' workload as part of the Stand Up for Quality Education campaign and, as part of this campaign, to provide school branches with a resource to help branches identify and reduce workload pressures. Furthermore, this AGM instructs Council to seek agreement at SNCT with COSLA and Scottish Government on further changes to terms and conditions which will lead to tangible workload reductions for members. Amendment Edinburgh Local Association Add at the end of the first sentence, after ‘pressures’ a new sentence as follows: ‘This resource to include advice on how to resist any attempts to use the planned cut in contact hours as a reason to make alterations within current WTAs that would add to members’ workload, or to introduce directed collegiate activities into the new list of ‘professional time’ tasks.'
33. Renfrewshire Local Association That this AGM seeks to have flexible learning bases, often attached to mainstream schools, to be staffed to, at least, the ratios in the SNCT handbook part 2 section 4, Appendix 2.9. which stipulates that the individual needs of pupils are a determining factor in the class size maxima.
34. Argyll & Bute Local Association That this Annual General Meeting calls on Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Distant Islands Allowance for teachers in Scotland which will: Investigate and report on the current eligibility criteria, including the exclusion of a number of small and large island communities. Assess whether the current allowance appropriately reflects the additional costs and challenges associated with living and working in island communities. Use findings to inform campaign to extend current provision. Amendment Inverclyde Local Association Bullet point 3: Insert ‘Where appropriate’ before ‘use’ Insert ‘these’ after ‘use’ Remove ‘inform’ Insert ‘through SNCT’ after ‘campaign’ Insert ‘and improve’ between ‘extend’ and ‘provision’.
35. Dundee Local Association “That this Annual General Meeting instruct EIS representatives on the SNCT JobSizing Sub-Group to negotiate for the amendment of the current job-sizing guidance relating to PT Support for Learning posts, so that timetabled classes delivered and managed within the department are recorded in the 'number of timetabled classes' box, in addition to an entry being made in question 3.4 (5th box). AGM further instructs that the amended guidance should clarify that entries for subjects and qualifications may only be counted where they are not included under any other promoted post. Amendment Council Delete ‘EIS representatives on the SNCT Job-Sizing Sub Group to negotiate’ and replace with ‘Council to pursue negotiations’.
36. Renfrewshire Local Association That this AGM calls for a review into how flexible working can be better integrated into teachers’ terms and conditions. Amendment Council Insert ‘the SNCT to carry out’ after ‘AGM calls for’.
37. Edinburgh Local Association That this Annual General Meeting instruct Council to investigate and report on the advantages and disadvantages of seeking a minimum lunch break period to be defined within the SNCT Handbook.
38. Renfrewshire Local Association That this AGM calls on Salaries Committee to issue advice to Local Associations and members in respect of any implications for the terms and conditions of teachers arising from the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Act 2026. Amendment Council Delete ‘Salaries Committee’ and replace with ‘Council’.
39. Clackmannanshire Local Association “That this AGM call upon Council to investigate and report on the extent to which duties and responsibilities, identified in the job-sized remit of senior managers in schools, are being delegated to middle-management personnel whom they line-manage and, if found to be significant, to formulate strategic guidance for challenging such a driver of unremunerated additional workload.
40. Edinburgh Local Association That this Annual General Meeting instruct Salaries Committee to seek to negotiate at SNCT for the list of Practical Classes within the SNCT Handbook to be updated to reflect current Qualifications Scotland courses, including National Progression Awards. Amendment Council Delete ‘Salaries Committee’ and replace with ‘Council’.
41. Council That this AGM instructs Council to reaffirm its commitment to campaign for a review of the State Pension Age/Normal Pension Age link established by the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and to continue working with scheme member representatives on the UK Teachers’ Pension Schemes Scheme Advisory Boards to initiate a review of this link in the Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
42. Aberdeen Local Association That this AGM instructs Council to campaign to make pensions equitable for all members so that single members are able to have a beneficiary to their pension when they die, to equate to how a spouse/civil partner would receive a pension benefit.