Commenting on the latest inflation figures, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
“RPI inflation hit 11% in April, its highest in over 40 years. As prices rocket, the Government should be valuing educators and protecting their living standards. Instead, the Government plans pay increases for most teachers of just 3% this year. On the basis of current RPI inflation, that would mean another huge real terms cut to pay - even bigger than the cut inflicted by last year's teacher pay freeze and below-inflation increases for other educators including support staff.
