Who is eligible to vote in these consultative ballots?
Teachers and support staff NEU members employed in state-funded schools and academies in England are eligible to vote in this ballot, including those on maternity leave.
How are the ballots being conducted?
Our consultative ballots will be conduced online.
Shortly after 5pm on Tuesday, 18 July, we will send you a link to these ballots by email and text.
Please take a few minutes to read the detail of the offer outlined on these pages, including the rationale for your elected executive’s recommendation that you vote to accept it as the best that can be achieved through negotiation. Then use the link in your email and text to vote.
You have until 4pm on Friday, 28 July to cast your vote.
I have not received my voting link by email or text. Or my voting link doesn’t work. What should I do?
If you have not received the link or if you have lost it, please submit your email address* here.
* This must be the same email address associated with your membership record.
If you have received a link but when you click on it you are not presented with the option to vote, please check that the details we have for you are up to date (for instance, if you are on the membership system as a supply teacher you will not be presented with an option to vote).
To check your details are up to date, 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 you are unable to log in to myNEU or if you have a more complex membership query, please contact the membership team on 0345 811 8111 or [email protected]
If your details are out of date and you update them on myNEU, you do not need to contact the union to inform us. You will automatically receive a link but this may take 24 hours. Please don’t contact the union about not receiving a link until you have waited 24 hours after updating your details.
I am a supply member, why can’t I vote?
The union is balloting NEU members in England who are employed by local authority schools or academies. If you are currently working as a supply teacher for an agency or agencies you are therefore ineligible to vote. While the outcome of any dispute may well affect supply members our dispute is not with your employer.
Will sixth form college members get to vote on the offer?
No. This specific Government offer is only being made to school teachers in state funded schools in England, therefore we are not putting it to our members in sixth form colleges. In a parallel move, however, the action of NEU members has secured from Government an additional £185m for 2023/24 and £285m for 2024/25, to fund pay improvements for post-16 educators. Negotiations between the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) and the unions are being scheduled to determine what this will mean for pay in sixth form colleges. Any further queries about 6FC pay, should be sent to [email protected].
How and when will the ballot result be announced?
The ballot result will be announced to all members on Monday, 31 July. We will live-stream our Zoom announcement and simultaneously email all members with the result in the usual manner. Look out for details of how to view our live stream via our social media channels and result email.