Monday
NEU tables urgent vote on strikes from SeptemberÂ
Teachers at the NEU teaching union annual conference are also set to debate the possibility of a 4-day strike during key stage 2 Sats week
NEU rejects government’s teacher pay offer
This means that two new national strike dates will go ahead on 27 April and 2 May
Friday
Thursday
DfE tells heads pay deal is affordable ‘on average’
Officials tell webinar that schools that find themselves in ‘challenging financial circumstances’ should contact ESFA or their local authority
Weekly round-up: Strike threats over new pay offer
This week’s essential news and analysis features all the reaction to the new teacher pay offer, including plans for more strikes, heads’ warnings about funding the increase and a plea from the education secretary
Keegan: ‘I know heads care deeply about pupils’
Education secretary issued plea to school leaders in an email last night, setting out how its new teacher pay offer would be funded
Tuesday
Heads to consider industrial action in response to pay deal
The NAHT school leaders’ union has broken its silence on the government’s pay offer, calling it ‘inadequate’
NEU: We don’t want to disrupt exams
If members reject new government pay offer, two further days of strike action will be planned next term, says union
Friday
School leaders in Wales vote to reject pay offer
NAHT Cymru ballot result comes a day after teacher-members of the NEU called off their strike action over pay by voting to accept latest offer from Welsh government
Teacher pay: Call to raise £30k starting salary
Education and workforce experts warn rising costs have ‘watered down’ the competitiveness of £30k starting salary for teachers since announced in 2019
