Members of a school leaders’ union have overwhelmingly rejected the Government’s pay offer. Nine in 10 members of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), who took part in an online consultative ballot, voted down the deal.
Nearly four in five (78%) NAHT members said they would be prepared to vote for industrial action, up to and including strike action, if the offer was rejected. The union’s executive will now meet to discuss next steps – which could include holding a second formal ballot on industrial action.
Schools in England face five days of teacher walkouts in the summer term and possible action in the autumn as the National Education Union (NEU) is set to re-ballot members in the ongoing dispute over pay. Delegates at the NEU’s annual conference on Tuesday voted in support of a three-day strike in late June/early July.
