Press releases

Today and tomorrow (12th-13th March 2024), teacher members of the National Education Union are again taking strike action at The Cathedral School, Llandaff, after the disappointing offer on pay and pensions from their employer.

"Disappointment and consternation" at response to Education Select Committee report into the inspectorate.

Only root and branch reform will end the tyranny of the inspection regime and the climate of fear it creates.

Dr Claire Rickard and Ms Megan Dickson, NEU Reps at The Cathedral School, said: "We are being forced to choose between a sub-state sector salary now, or a sub-state sector pension in the future."

Spring Budget throws education Into further crisis.

NEU Cymru will today open its preliminary electronic ballot over pay, funding, and the school year.

Fair pay is not just a request, but a necessity. Schools deserve proper funding for staffing provision - and the necessary funding to cover a pay rise.

The NEU’s written evidence to the STRB sets out the overwhelming evidence in support of the NEU’s call for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise that constitutes a meaningful step towards a long-term correction in teacher pay. 

Government must not shy away from the findings of its own Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders Survey

Up until this point the Government have ignored a growing existential crisis in education that is happening on their watch.

Strike action is a last resort but it will be an option our members will seriously consider in the face of such a belligerent approach from this Government.

If Government is serious about addressing the reasons behind absences, they need to ensure schools and parents have the means to get the help required.