Created on: 29 May 2025 | Last modified: 10 Dec 2025
Here we provide a selection of member briefings highlighting the results of the recent all member survey and how these will inform the development of the Stand Up for Quality Education.
A further meeting of the SNCT working group on the commitment to reduce weekly class contact time to 21 hours took place on Tuesday 30th September 2025.
03 October 2025As members will be aware, there was a further meeting of the SNCT Reducing Class Contact Time working group held last week on 18th September.
26 September 2025Member update on class contact time prior to the first of 2 key meetings with COSLA and the Scottish Government.
17 September 2025As members will be aware, following agreement at the SNCT meeting of 20th August 2025, the SNCT Working Group on Reducing Class Contact time met last week.
03 September 2025As members will be aware from the previous update, a special meeting of the SNCT was held.
21 August 2025As the new school year gets underway, there are less than two weeks left for EIS members to cast their vote in the SNCT Workload consultative ballot.
18 August 2025A full meeting of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) took place yesterday, 25 June 2025.
26 June 2025Following declaration of a formal dispute on 7th February 2025, significant concerns were expressed by the SNCT Teachers’ Panel regarding the establishment of a joint COSLA/SG working group, to progress the reduction of weekly class contact time
13 June 2025Action Short of Strike (ASOS) encompasses any industrial action, aside from strike action.
13 June 2025Despite various commitments made for over a decade, the Scottish Government and COSLA have failed to make tangible progress in tackling the unsustainable levels of teacher workload.
30 May 2025The EIS Stand Up for Quality Education (SU4QE) campaign acknowledges that the current workload of teachers is excessive and unsustainable, and needs to be addressed urgently.
27 May 2025