Thanks to Dorothy again for alerting me to this.

In the Guardian yesterday, the above and:

What is the current situation for teachers in England and what does the Labour Government plan to do about it?

Doubling? Doubling what?

Teachers, leaders and support staff will see their full maternity pay double from the 2027-28 academic year, rising from four weeks to eight, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/teachers-maternity-pay-boosted-5HjdSZr_2/

I don’t suppose the minister had her staff check the situation in Scotland. No, why would they?

What is it? 

13 weeks full pay.

https://www.snct.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Part_2_Section_7

So Scottish teachers used to get more than three times as many weeks off on full maternity pay and now it’s just 5 weeks more?

Hey, that makes me think, are there any other ways in which Scottish teachers are better off?

Just these:

Scottish teachers have enjoyed by far the best pupil/teacher ratio and consequent workload in the UK for at least 15 years now

‘I’d rather be a teacher in Scotland than England’ – research review confirms the sense in this