Mass teacher strikes in England have been voted through at the National Education Union’s conference in Harrogate.
Teachers are set to walkout within weeks after a huge majority of NEU members turned down an offer they described as “insulting.”
More than 191,000 teachers in England voted to reject education secretary Gillian Keegan’s offer, an overwhelming 98 per cent of members on a turnout of 66 per cent.
The government proposed an additional one-off £1,000 payment for teachers, plus an average 4.5 per cent rise for most staff next school year.
But now, industrial action has been announced for Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May.
Keegan described the ballot result as “extremely disappointing” and said the government had negotiated “in good faith”.
The latest strike days come as pupils Years 11 and 13 knuckle down for their GSCE and A Levels preaparations.
To discuss the repercussions of the NEU vote and the classroom jobs drain, the Leader podcast’s joined by Baz Ramaiah, a former London teacher and head of policy at the Centre for Education and Youth.
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