Overall, 87 per cent of ASCL members, who took part in a survey on the pay offer, voted to turn down the deal. Members of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the NASUWT teaching union have also been asked for feedback on the pay offer. In January, a ballot of NAHT members failed to meet the mandatory 50 per cent turnout threshold required for strike action.īut the NAHT has suggested it could move to a second formal industrial action ballot. More than nine in 10 (92 per cent) said the offer was unaffordable and they said they did not have the room in their budget to be able to afford the proposed pay offer for the next academic year (2023/24). Overall, 64 per cent of NAHT members in England responded to the consultative ballot, with 90 per cent voting to reject the offer. The teaching union announced two further strike days on April 27 and May 2 on Monday after 98 per cent of its members, who responded in a consultative ballot, voted to turn down the Government's pay offer.Īfter a period of intensive talks with unions, the Government offered teachers a £1,000 one-off payment for the current school year (2022/23) and an average 4.5 per cent pay rise for staff next year (2023/24). Schools in England face five days of teacher walkouts in the summer term and possible action in the autumn as the National Education Union (NEU) is set to re-ballot members in the ongoing dispute over pay.ĭelegates at the NEU's annual conference on Tuesday voted in support of a three-day strike in late June/early July.
Paul Whiteman (pictured), general secretary of the NAHT, said industrial action by school leaders would be 'necessary' if its members decided to reject the Government's 'inadequate' pay offer
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