Members vote to end dispute
National Education Union members who teach in non-academised sixth form colleges have voted overwhelmingly to end their dispute with the Secretary of State for Education.
After eight days of strike action over the failure to guarantee equitable funding for pay to all sixth form colleges, a member consultation had been initiated following the receipt of firm, written assurances from the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA), secured from Government, that there would be no two-tier pay offers put forward in future years and all pay awards will have a single pay settlement date.
78.6% of members balloted voted on a 64.6% turnout to accept the revised pay offer of 4.3% for non-academised colleges (staggered as 3.5% between September - April and 5.5% thereafter) and 5.5% for academised colleges, which contained the new guarantees.