Teachers are going on strike again this week in an ongoing row with the Government over pay.
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will hold two days of strike action in state schools and sixth form colleges in England on Wednesday, July 5, and Friday, July 7. There will be picket lines across many schools in the North East as teachers continue their campaign for a fully-funded above-inflation pay rise. And there will be a rally in Durham Market Place on Friday.
The Government offered teachers a £1,000 one-off payment for the current school year (2022/23) and an average 4.5% rise for staff next year after intensive talks with the education unions earlier this year. But four education unions rejected the offer and the decision on teachers' pay in England for next year has been passed to the independent School Teachers' Review Body's (STRB).
