
The National Education Union (NEU), the largest education union in Europe, has announced that its teacher members in England and Wales have overwhelmingly voted for strike action.
The NEU announcement follows the results of a ballot called by another teaching union, the NASUWT. Here, 90% of voting members supported strike action, but the turnout failed to meet the legal thresholds required for members to be able to take action. The National Association of Headteachers has also balloted its members for industrial action. In Scotland, teachers are already on strike.