Teacher strikes over pay have ended in England, after all four unions in a dispute with the government accepted a 6.5% pay rise.

Members of the NEU, the UK's largest teaching union, voted overwhelmingly to accept the pay offer.

The NASUWT and NAHT unions also accepted the deal on Monday, with ASCL doing the same earlier in July.

The education secretary said the offer being accepted was "good news" for teachers, parents and pupils.

And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, writing on Twitter, said: "This is a big moment."

Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said the deal meant the average teacher's salary would increase by £2,500.

"It's not all that we wanted, and we will continue to campaign for better school funding and for a restoration of teacher pay - but for a one-year pay award, it is a significant achievement," she told the BBC.

Both sides in the dispute said the pay offer was "properly funded" and would not come from existing school budgets.

 

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