England schools secure £500m boost to fund teacher pay rise, defuse strikes
TL;DR
England's schools will receive around £500m in extra funding this school year to cover a 3.5% teachers' pay rise, funded by a 4.9 percentage-point reduction in Local Government Pension Scheme employer contributions that delivers savings on the support-staff pay bill and won’t be clawed back by central government. The money is aimed at averting an NEU strike ballot, with unions set to scrutinise the details and ballots expected Oct–Dec and potential strikes early next year.
- Schools in England get extra £500m in bid to avoid teachers' pay strike bbc.com
- School support staff pensions raided for teachers' wage rise GMB Union
- Pay rise funding claims ‘misleading’, say school finance chiefs schoolsweek.co.uk
- Education secretary’s pension cut to fund teacher pay ‘disgusting’ The Times
- Teacher pay: everything you need to know about the latest multi- year pay award GOV.UK blogs
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