End to NEU teacher strikes as 6.5% pay deal accepted

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It may be of interest to parents to hear that the NEU have just voted to accept the govt pay offer of 6.5% and funding(ish) to pay for it. On this basis, they won't be calling for strike action in the Autumn. 86% accept on a turnout of 60%.

The ASCL headteachers union already voted to accept. NASUWT and NAHT ballots still ongoing, but are also likely to accept.

However, the NEU message was that there is potential for further strike action in the future if the government chooses to insult the profession with another derisory pay offer next summer.

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/neu-members-vote-to-accept-6-5-teacher-pay-deal/

His many education settings and unions doesn this cover please.

This is the NEU, the biggest teaching union. They're the ones who have been on strike this year, affecting primary and secondary schools to a varied extent depending on how many members of teaching staff were in the NEU.

The NASUWT teaching union have recently had a successful ballot for strike action in the Autumn, they are still waiting for the results of their consultation about the pay offer. If they reject the pay offer, then technically that could see them going on strike in the Autumn, in a more limited way than the NEU. However, NASUWT are generally less militant than the NEU so if the NEU have overwhelmingly voted to accept, the NAS will most likely accept too.

Sadly less than half of this will be funded by the government though so this means more strain on overstretched budgets.
Hollow victory. Everyone ultimately loses out…most importantly the kids.
Utterly depressing.

Sadly less than half of this will be funded by the government

Technically the whole thing has been funded by the government, as there was already an extra £2 billion allocated to school funds for September and the other 3% has to come out of that.

Not saying that the £2 billion isn't desperately needed for other stuff, but that's why the line is that the pay rise is 'properly funded' and that support staff etc shouldn't be losing their jobs over it.

Thanks

NASUWT have also voted to accept the deal (77.6%) but industrial action planned for the Autumn will still go ahead.

This is likely to be action short of strike action, but strike action hasn't been ruled out.

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/nasuwt-accepts-pay-deal-but-industrial-action-still-going-ahead/

Am glad it's done with. Though I do wonder how much change there'll be for everything else from the previously awarded pot of cash once this has been paid for (for the next however many years that this money is meant to stretch over). Meaning that very little actually changes in our schools