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Pay campaign

The NEU is actively campaigning for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise for all educators, and pay restoration to compensate for years of below-inflation increases. 

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Your national executive has decided to recommend acceptance of the pay offer.

The Government has decided to honour the recommendation of the School Teacher Review Body (STRB) to award a 5.5 per cent pay rise to all teachers and leaders in England.

Schools will receive an  additional £1.2 billion to fund this pay rise. 

Now you will decide whether to accept this pay offer or reject it and move to a formal ballot on strike action

Annual conference agreed we would conduct a snap poll, asking members to accept or reject any offer. This offer was won through strike action last year and our Save Our Schools campaign.

Your national executive is recommending that members vote to ACCEPT the pay offer.

Snap poll

On Saturday, 21 September, you will receive an invitation to vote, by text or email, on whether you accept or reject the Government’s offer. The poll will close at 5pm on Monday, 30 September.

To ensure you can take part, please check that your details are fully up to date.

You will find a detailed explanation of the Government offer and FAQs on how the snap poll will operate, below.

A new education system is possible, but only if we fight for it.

Government offer explained

School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has awarded a 5.5 per cent pay fully funded consolidated pay increase to all teachers and school leaders in England.

STRB

In April, the NEU presented clear oral evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) of the need for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise and further funding to improve staffing levels.

Our evidence included powerful testimony from practicing teachers and set out how years of real-terms pay cuts and excessive workload have created a recruitment and retention crisis that puts education on the brink, jeopardising pupil provision, especially for those most in need.

We are ready, we are prepared, and we are able to take any further industrial action necessary to ensure educators and schools get the fair deal they deserve.

Preliminary ballot results - England

Over four weeks before Easter, teachers in England voted in their tens of thousands in our preliminary online ballot. Thank you to every single one of you who voted to demonstrate to the Government the strength of feeling among teachers on the issues of pay and funding in our schools.

Overall Turnout: 145,197 (50.3%)

Q1: Do you agree that you should receive an above-inflation pay rise for 2024-25?

YES: 97.7% NO: 2.3%

Q2: Would you vote “yes” to strike action for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise that constitutes a meaningful step towards a long-term correction in pay, and further funding to provide improved levels of staffing provision in schools and education services?

YES: 90.3% NO: 9.7%

Together we will save our schools.

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