Unions representing the overwhelming majority of teachers and school leaders have issued a united call for a fully funded, inflation-plus pay increase as part of a restorative correction for teachers and school leaders to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis.
The unions have also called for significant improvements in workload. Repairing the damage to pay and conditions is essential to address teacher shortages so is in the interests of parents and pupils, as well as of teachers and school leaders.
The unions have called on the STRB to reject the Government’s attempts to limit it to working within the existing inadequate school funding envelope. The Chancellor’s Spring Budget confirmed no additional funding for schools which will result in further cuts to pay, jobs and support for pupils. Real terms pay cuts, sky high workload and teacher shortages show that we desperately need additional investment to save our education service. The unions reject the Government’s arbitrary definition of “affordability” – it takes no account of the huge cost to our education service and our economy of not properly investing in education.
The Government refuses to face the reality of a recruitment and retention crisis caused by its own political choices to cut teacher and school leader pay and to refuse to make the additional investment needed in our education service.
The unions have called on the STRB to reject the Government’s attempts to limit it to working within the existing inadequate school funding envelope. The Chancellor’s Spring Budget confirmed no additional funding for schools which will result in further cuts to pay, jobs and support for pupils. Real terms pay cuts, sky high workload and teacher shortages show that we desperately need additional investment to save our education service. The unions reject the Government’s arbitrary definition of “affordability” – it takes no account of the huge cost to our education service and our economy of not properly investing in education.
The Government refuses to face the reality of a recruitment and retention crisis caused by its own political choices to cut teacher and school leader pay and to refuse to make the additional investment needed in our education service.
