The STRB has been asked by Ms Greening to make recommendations on the teachers’ pay award for 2017/18.
In a letter to STRB chair Dr Patricia Rice, the education secretary said that she wants to see pay recommendations from the STRB in line with the government policy of limiting public sector pay awards to one per cent.
The STRB is an independent advisory body that makes recommendations on the pay, professional duties and working time of school teachers in England and Wales.
Ms Greening says in her letter that she intends to submit evidence to the STRB arguing the case for continued pay restraint.
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