‘The government hasn’t listened’: teachers in England criticise pay offer

Protesters march in London last month demanding fair pay for teachers. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Charlotte Lawrence has been a primary school teacher for 14 years and has one word for the government’s latest pay offer for teachers in England: insulting.

“The government hasn’t listened,” said Lawrence, a delegate at the National Education Union’s annual conference in Harrogate. “When the strike ballot was carried, I thought the government would see that teachers are serious and start to negotiate. But it just hasn’t happened.”