Press releases

NEU announce plans to consult members on Government’s 2.8% pay recommendation

The government must address the lack of education funding head on and ensure that our schools and colleges get the funding they desperately need.

The Conservatives made a mess of pay in academies, and it is for the current Government to clean it up

This ambitious bill will make a meaningful difference to the lives of staff and children.

Unless Ofsted considers a more supportive approach SEND students leaving education will bear the brunt.

Unions representing the majority of teachers and school leaders in England have urged the STRB to take recommend action on pay and workload to tackle recruitment and retention crisis.

Today four education unions have written to the Secretary of State outlining their concerns about the inadequate and underfunded pay recommendation.

The proposed unfunded 2.8% pay increase for September 2025 for teachers in England falls well short of the urgent action needed.

This report is right to highlight the enormous gulf between Government spending on SEND in recent years, and the amount needed to meet actual and growing demand.

This report rightly highlights the complex issues that school staff are facing, including the acute lack of SEND support for children and increasing rates of absenteeism.

Rather than ‘ready for school’, the route to improving children’s outcomes is better investment in the early years sector.

Missed targets in 2024/25 illustrate the depth of the recruitment crisis.