Headteachers' union holds first ever strike ballot over pay

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1. Headteachers to vote on national industrial action over pay in 125-year first

2. Headteachers in Wales will ballot over strike action on pay and funding for the first time ever

3. Headteachers balloted over strike action

4. Head teachers to vote on strike action over pay for first time in 125 years

5. Headteachers in strike ballot as UK industrial unrest spreads

A headteachers’ union is to ballot its members for strike action in a row over pay for the first time in its 125-year history.

The the NAHT’s general secretary said he had told the education secretary the two parties are “now officially in dispute” over wages and funding

“I can only urge him and the government to listen and take urgent action,” Paul Whiteman added.

The union held a recent survey which found most members in England and Wales supported a ballot for industrial action short of a strike. Even though fewer respondents supported a ballot for strike action, they were still in the majority of those who replied.