The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has become the third union to formally reject the government’s pay offer.
Its leader warned any failure by ministers to return to the table to solve the dispute would “stick two fingers up to a dedicated profession”.
The union announced this morning that 90 per cent of voting members had rejected the offer of a £1,000 one-off payment this year and 4.3 per cent pay rise for most teachers and leaders next year, on a turnout of 64 per cent.
In an online consultative ballot, 78 per cent said they would be prepared to vote for and take industrial action, up to and including strike action, if the offer was rejected.
