The UK’s largest teaching union has threatened to keep striking up until the next general election And the union leaders accused the Education Secretary of “living in a fantasy world”
, including walkouts on 27 April, 2 May, and a three-day strike in either late June or early July. NEU members voted against drawing up a more extensive programme of strike dates over the summer term in a bid to minimise disruption during GCSEs and A-Levels.
She also launched a blistering attack on Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, describing her as “deluded” and “only tangentially connected with the reality of what is going on in schools”. She also accused the Education Secretary of failing in her job “to make the strongest case to the Treasury that education needs funding so that our schools can recruit and retain teachers and support staff”.her offer of a £1,000 one-off lump sum this year and a 4.3 per cent pay rise for next year., with 98 per cent of teachers voting to reject it on a turnout of 66 per cent.
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