The survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that teachers’ salaries in England were worth 12% less in 2015 than in 2005 and 6% less in Scotland. According to the NASUWT teachers’ union, the average pay award for teachers last year was 0.6%. There were also significant increases in Israel, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway and Turkey, while teachers’ salaries decreased in Portugal and also in Greece, where they went down 28% in value. In England and Scotland, as in most OECD countries, teachers are paid less on average than other university-educated workers. The OECD survey also notes that tuition fees in England are among the highest among countries able to provide data.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2017 09:00 UTC