Educational psychologists will be balloted for strike action amid a continued dispute with the Local Government Association (LGA) over pay.
The Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP), which has 3,600 members across the UK, said the current 3 per cent pay increase offer represented a real-terms pay cut at a time when inflation is at 8.7 per cent.
The AEP, alongside the National Education Union and Prospect, had asked the LGA for a rise of 9 per cent on all pay points.
The move to formally ballot members follows an indicative ballot in which 80 per cent of participating members voted yes.
