GOVERNMENT pay proposals for teachers and heads in England are “divisive and inadequate,” education unions warned today. 

The National Education Union, the Association of School & College Lecturers, Voice the Union and the National Association of Head Teachers have written a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson on the government’s response to the recommendations of the 30th report of the school teachers’ review body.

In a joint covering statement, the general secretaries of the four unions said: “Teachers and school leaders agree that these proposals are divisive and inadequate.