A 6.5 per cent pay rise from 1 September.The ballot of members saw 85% vote in favour and 15% against, with a turnout of 46%.Įarlier this month, Rishi Sunak announced the government was accepting the pay rise recommended by the independent pay review, which was:
Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) have voted to accept the government's recent pay offer and end the waves of strikes. "I can’t get into running commentary on expected timelines but eventually the site will accommodate almost 2,000 people." "As you'd expect, we continue to work extremely closely with the local council… to ensure the right preparations are in place before anyone boards."Īsked about reports that plans to move migrants into RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire have been delayed, she said: "Work is ongoing to open the site at Scampton and we want that work to be done as soon as possible.
There's been refurbishment that's been ongoing to ensure it complies with the marine industry safety regulations. That's happening this week to ensure that it complies with all the appropriate regulations. The prime minister's press secretary told reporters this morning: "The Bibby Stockholm is currently undergoing final preparations including fire safety checks. Sky News revealed last week that migrants would not be moved to the Bibby Stockholm last week, as the Home Office had initially said.ĭowning Street said a couple of weeks ago that asylum seekers would move on board the barge "this month", but it appears that deadline will now be missed. "So as a new school year approaches, I am looking forward to working closely with teachers, school leaders and teaching unions to make sure we’re tackling the issues that matter most and delivering the education that every child deserves – wherever they are in the country."Īway from energy policy for a moment, and Downing Street has refused to give exact timings for when asylum seekers will move onboard the Bibby Stockholm or on to the RAF Scampton military base in Lincolnshire. She added: "None of that is possible without the hard work of teachers. Ms Keegan said the key focuses now will be "tackling persistent absence and getting every child through the school gates every day, a relentless focus on closing the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, and continued action to help young people make up for time lost during the pandemic". She continued: "The deal brings an end to the disruption faced by parents and young people and means we can focus on what matters most - giving our children a world-class education." Gillian Keegan said the decision is "good news for teachers, good news for parents, and most of all, good news for children". The education secretary has hailed the news that teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted to accept the government's offer of a 6.5% pay rise. "We will continue to negotiate on the workload and wellbeing aspects of the government’s offer." “Although the pay and funding offered by the government is not everything our members asked for, it is the largest ever recommendation from the STRB and the additional funding and hardship fund provided by the government to fund the pay award makes the deal workable. "School leaders are reasonable people, and striking is very much a last resort, but our members have felt compelled to vote for action by a government that simply wasn’t listening.
NAHT General Secretary Paul Whiteman said: “Our ballot results today clearly show the strength of feeling within the education profession that action is urgently needed. In a re-ballot of NAHT members on walkouts -which opened in May before the current pay offer - 82% voted for strikes, with a turnout of 54%. Meanwhile, 85% of respondents at the NAHT voted to accept the offer. NASUWT General Secretary Dr Patrick Roach said: "Whilst NASUWT members are willing to accept the STRB pay award recommendation, they do not believe that it is sufficient redress for the impact of more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts, where the value of teachers’ pay has declined by 25%." Some 77.6% of NASUWT's members indicated they were willing to accept the pay offer as part of a consultative survey, but just 18.4% of the 18,000 respondents said the measures announced to tackle excessive workload were sufficient. Teachers who are members of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) have accepted a 6.5% pay rise for teachers and school leaders in England.
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