At 11 am on Saturday, 28 February all eligible members will be sent a link to their individual digital ballot, by email and text.
Please take a few minutes to read more about the ballot including the reasons why your elected executive is recommending that you vote YES to both questions.
We are conducting separate, but parallel ballots – one for support staff and one for teachers. Although the ballot questions are slightly different in each ballot, the underlying issue is the same: years of chronic underfunding of our schools.
For teachers, we are asking you to reject an unfunded 6.5 per cent pay rise spread over three years and threats to remove the 1,265 limit on directed time , and to take action to win funding for pay and to prevent workload rising further.
For support staff, we are asking you to commit to defending support staff jobs and to take action to win funding for pay, reduced workload and to prevent further redundancies.
Please look out for the link in your email or text on 28 February and vote as soon as it arrives. Reminders will be sent via email and text on a weekly basis to those who have not voted, until the ballot closes on 17 April.
You have until 4pm on Friday, 17 April to cast your vote.
If you have a problem with your voting link, can’t find it or have accidentally deleted it, please email ballotenquiries@neu.org.uk
Who is eligible to vote in the ballot?
You should receive an email with a link to vote if you are:
- A teacher (including teachers employed directly by the local authority or ECTs) or a school leader who is employed in a state-funded* school (primary or secondary) and working in England.
- A support staff worker who is employed in a state-funded* school (primary or secondary) and working in England.
*State funded schools include community schools (local authority maintained), academies and free schools, foundation and voluntary schools, and grammar schools.
On this occasion you will not be receiving a voting link if you are:
- A supply teacher.
- Working in FE or a sixth form college.
- Working in Wales or Northern Ireland.
- On a Soulbury contract.
- Working in a private school.
- Retired or an associate member.
- A student or a trainee on a non-salaried route.
If you have any further questions about who is eligible to vote in this ballot, please check our detailed ballot FAQs.
I have checked the FAQs and I believe that I am eligible to vote, but I have not received my voting link by email or text. What should I do?
If you have not received the link, please contact ballotenquiries@neu.org.uk for assistance.
We would also advise that you check your details are up to date. To do this, please go to myNEU (if you have not used myNEU before, you will need to activate your account) and check that the following details are all current:
- Your email address.
- Your mobile phone number.
- Your workplace.
- Your job role.
- Whether or not you are supply.
If your details are out of date and you update them on myNEU, you do not need to contact ballot enquiries to let us know that you have made the changes – you will automatically receive a voting link, but this may take 24 hours. If you haven’t received a voting link after 24 hours, please contact ballotenquiries@neu.org.uk for assistance.
If you are unable to log into myNEU or if you have a more complex membership query, please contact the membership team on 0345 811 8111 or membership@neu.org.uk
I’ve lost my voting link / my voting link doesn’t work. What should I do?
Please contact ballotenquiries@neu.org.uk for assistance.