The Latest Breaking News from NEU

Up to 400,000 teachers could walk out if all four education unions successfully ballot members over strikes, a union leader said,

Four education unions plan to co-ordinate any possible industrial action moving forward in a long-running dispute over pay

NAHT leader Paul Whiteman accused the Government of showing 'contempt' for kids by refusing to restart pay talks after the Government's offer was emphatically rejected by hard-pressed school staff

Four education unions plan to co-ordinate any possible industrial action moving forward in a long-running dispute over pay.

Four main teaching unions could unite after ‘months of stonewalling’ from education secretary Gillian Keegan

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, will accuse the Government of ‘selling young people down the river’.

Further strikes are already planned for next week and during the summer term

Four teachers unions said on Friday they could take coordinated strike action in England later this year as they seek to increase pressure on the government in a dispute over pay which has already caused widespread disruption in schools.

All four major unions representing teachers and headteachers are balloting members in England over possible action.

NEU members highlight pay erosion as well as high workload and crumbling school facilities

Striking NEU members marched with their children and chanted ‘I’ve got 99 problems and cuts to education funding has caused all of them’.