Trade unions representing the majority of teachers in England and Wales have come together to call for action to end seven years of real-terms pay cuts in education.
The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is currently considering its recommendations for the September 2018 pay award and the deadline for the submission of evidence falls today (Thursday, January 25).
The unions argue that the teaching workforce has endured seven years of austerity, meaning that pay levels in 2017 are worth 16 per cent less than in 2005 in real-terms.
They see more competitive pay as one of the keys to ending the on-going recruitment crisis, which has seen the government’s initial teacher training targets missed for the last five years.
They are also frustrated that the independent STRB has not done more to stand up to government-imposed pay caps in education.
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