A strike by teachers in the National Education Union will go ahead on Wednesday after last-ditch talks with the government yielded no result, its leadership has said.
Union bosses held a meeting with the education secretary Gillian Keegan this afternoon, but confirmed that once again no improved pay or funding offer was put forward.
Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, told Schools Week the meeting had been the government’s last opportunity to avoid Wednesday’s national walkout, adding: “I’m afraid the strike will be going ahead”.
“There was no offer put on the table. We just talked about things we talked about before. We impressed upon the secretary of state that we are very serious about negotiating.
