Teachers (NEU) Strike Calendar

The National Education Union (NEU) is calling for strikes on 5 and 7 July in England. The NEU is UK's largest education union and has been striking since February. Teachers have already struck five times and regional strikes are planned for the autumn. The most recent strike affected more schools than ever and was unsuccessful in negotiations. The Department for Education said strike action would cause "real damage" to pupil learning. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has previously said strike action was "extremely disappointing".

Teachers in England are set to strike again after members of the National Education Union (NEU) overwhelmingly turned down a government pay offer. More than 191,000 members voted in the ballot (a 66% turnout), with over 195,000 rejecting it. Union bosses, speaking at the NEU conference in Harrogate, said they were putting Ms Keegan "on notice".

The government said it had offered teachers a £1,000 payment for the current school year - on top of an average 5.4% rise last September - plus an average 4.5% rise next year.

"[The offer] does not deal with the acute shortage in our schools - shortages that parents see every single day," said co-general secretary Dr Mary Bousted.

The National Education Union said the offer of a 4.3% rise for most teachers plus a £1,000 one-off payment for the 2023-24 year was not enough and it will recommend that its members reject the deal. Talks between the government and four teaching unions ended on Monday with the unions considering the offer from the Department for Education.

However, the NEU said the government was only offering to fund half a percentage point of the pay increase, with the rest expected to come out of existing school budgets. Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, joint general secretaries of the NEU, said it does not match the offer in Scotland and Wales or address the crisis in teacher recruitment.

The National Education Union (NEU) has asked teachers to reject a new pay offer, after intensive talks with the Department for Education. The government has offered teachers a £1,000 extra cash payment this year and a 4.3% rise for most staff next year. Many teachers in England received a pay rise of 5% in September 2022 but unions say this was a cut due to inflation. Thousands of schools were disrupted by the latest walkout by teachers who are members of the NEU. Four unions have been involved in six days of intensive talks with the education secretary since 17 March about teachers' pay, conditions and workload.

The NAHT, NEU, ASCL and NASUWT unions have been calling for above-inflation pay rises, funded by extra money from the government rather than coming from schools' existing budgets. Before talks began, the Department for Education had said it hoped they would reach "a successful conclusion".

The dispute over teachers' pay has been resolved in Scotland.

The National Education Union [NEU] in Wales has accepted a new Welsh government pay offer, bringing an end to the dispute. The offer includes a 8% pay rise this year, a 6.5% increase in annual pay and a one-off lump sum payment of 1.5%.

• Strike action has been postponed until March 2nd.
• The National Executive of the NEU have postponed a planned day of action in Wales due to detailed talks with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and Welsh Government officials.
• The current offer from the Welsh Government is a consolidated award of 1.5% this year, plus a non-consolidated lump sum of 1.5%.
• The union will consult with branches and workplace representatives to secure the views of members in Wales.
• The union will continue to press for a fully consolidated award and an offer for support staff members.
• Workload remains a huge issue and progress has been made to attend to workload drivers.
• The Welsh Government has signaled an intent to address the unsustainable pressure on the workforce.
• There has been an agreement to review the Independent Wales Pay Review Board’s recommendations on pay for 2023/24.

• Teachers in England and Wales will strike over pay on seven dates in February and March, according to the National Education Union (NEU).
• National strikes are scheduled for 1 February, 15 and 16 March. Regional strikes are also planned.
• The NEU says the strike will affect 23,400 schools in England and Wales.
• Education Secretary Gillian Keegan plans to meet with union leaders later this week.
• Head teachers are expected to take "all reasonable steps" to keep schools open for as many pupils as possible during a strike, according to Department for Education guidance.
• The NEU says any individual school will only be affected on a maximum of four out of the seven dates.
• Support staff in England and Wales also voted in favour of striking but in England they failed to meet the legal threshold so will not be taking part.
• Most state school teachers in England and Wales had a 5% rise in 2022, but the NEU says this rise actually equates to a pay cut, because of high inflation rates.
• NEU joint general secretary Kevin Courtney says of the teachers who were balloted, 90% in England and 92% in Wales supported strike action.