Members also noted that “Labour will likely form the next government.

“While we will be able to work with a Labour government on some policy areas, we will need to campaign against them on others.

Last month, the Department for Education (DfE) said in evidence to the STRB that teachers’ pay awards should “return to a more sustainable level” after “two unprecedented years.”

In July last year, the government agreed to implement the STRB’s recommendation of a 6.5 per cent increase for teachers in England, and co-ordinated strike action by four education unions was called off.