The teachers’ union NASUWT has launched a new dispute with the government – accusing Gillian Keegan of “seeking to delay the pay review” process.
The row has erupted amid claims the education secretary has attempted to “frustrate the statutory scheme” by failing to send a remit letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body “in a timely manner”.
The document is sent to the STRB every year and asks it to make its recommendations for teachers’ pay and conditions the following May.
Keegan wrote to the independent body last November, a month earlier than her predecessors Nadhim Zahawi and Sir Gavin Williamson in 2021 and 2020.
