Education Secretary Gillian Keegan leaves 10 Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday July 4, 2023.
EDUCATION unions have repeated calls for Tory ministers to urgently publish the latest recommendations from the sector’s pay review body ahead of more strikes across England’s schools tomorrow.
The hold-up, which allegedly comes after the body endorsed a higher wage rise than Downing Street, is causing “anxiety and frustrating head teachers” who need to plan budgets, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan was told.
In a letter to the Chichester MP, the leaders of the National Education Union (NEU), NASUWT, NAHT and ASCL wrote: “There is no good reason for any delay in publication.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK