If students and parents thought the end of lockdown would see the last of school disruption, they have been proven badly wrong. Teachers from the National Education Union (NEU) are once again walking out in a dispute over pay. And today’s strike could be the biggest, with schools in the capital again the worst affected.
The NEU, alongside all the other teaching unions, has rejected the Government’s offer of a £1,000 one-off payment for the present school year followed by an average 4.5 per cent pay rise for staff next year. No negotiations are under way; indeed, the parties are not even talking about talking.
