Teachers are set to hold nationwide strikes after ministers announced schools face cuts to fund a new pay rise of 3.5 per cent.
The National Education Union (NEU) said it would ‘not accept’ the deal, which will see teachers paid 3.5 per cent more from September and a further 3 per cent the following year.
While it is more generous than the original proposal of 6.5 per cent across three years, it will not be ‘fully funded’.
Instead, schools will be expected to find 1 per cent of the pay rise for each year from existing budgets, which in reality may mean cutting
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