Teaching unions including NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union warned that a Government-recommended pay increase of 6.5% over three years will in fact amount to a real-terms pay cut for teachers, due to inflation and extra burdens placed on schools. The unions say the proposal fails to reverse the decade of pay erosion and that requiring schools to fund part of awards from existing budgets undermines effectiveness. They emphasised that unless a fully-funded, above-inflation settlement is secured, recruitment and retention will deteriorate further.
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