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Schools face yet more closures by further strikes as the country’s largest teaching union urged members to reject a fresh pay offer.
Barons of the National Education Union (NEU) last night told teachers to say no to the government’s latest deal in yet another blow to negotiations.
It has sparked fears that pupils could face yet more misery in a fresh wave of strikes less than two months before some sit their crucial GCSE exams.
The offer made to striking teachers includes a £1,000 extra cash payment this year as well as a 4.3 per cent pay rise for most staff in 2023/24.
But the deal was labelled ‘insulting’ by union bosses, who demanded an ‘overwhelming rejection of it’.
The call by the National Education Union last night sparked fears that pupils could face more misery less than two months before some sit their GCSE exams (strikes in February)
The joint general secretaries of the NEU, Kevin Courtney and Dr Mary Bousted. The NEU last night called for teachers to reject the latest pay offer
Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, joint general secretaries of the NEU, said: ‘This is an insulting offer from a Government which simply does not value teachers.
‘It is now crystal clear that we have an Education Secretary and a Government that is ignoring the crisis in our schools and colleges.
‘By refusing to address the legitimate and reasonable request to bring to an end more than a decade of below-inflation unfunded teacher pay increases, the Government is driving teaching and recruitment retention in schools in England to breaking point.’
The deal includes some Ofsted reforms which would give heads ‘greater clarity’ on when they should expect their next inspection.
And the creation of a workload task force, which would aim to achieve a five-hour target reduction in teacher and leader workload.
The union’s national executive committee decided the offer should be put to members, recommending
