Teachers in Wales will get a 5% pay rise from September bringing the starting salary for new teachers to £28,866 and those of more experienced classroom teachers to £44,450 - an increase of £2,117 - but unions say it is not enough and have threatened industrial action.
The pay offer is virtually identical to the 5% pay rise announced by the Department for Education in England on Wednesday, July 20.
With inflation now running at 9.4% and predicted to reach 11% teaching unions said the offer amounts to a pay cut after years of pay decline. The National Education Union Cymru said it will ballot members on industrial action in response to what it described as the "very poor proposal" and the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru will ask its members if they want to ballot for action.
