Teachers' strike

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This compares with £39,009 in Wales and £40,026 in Scotland. In Northern Ireland many teachers have been offered 3.2% increases for the last school year and this school year. Northern Ireland's government did not give the BBC a figure. "When the government can't get teachers to join the profession and can't get teachers to stay in the profession, in the end that becomes unsustainable and that's where we are now," she added. 15 and 16 March: Two-day strike of all schools in England and Wales The votes on strike action for teachers in England and Wales follow closures at almost every primary school in Scotland last Tuesday and every secondary school in the country last Wednesday. At state schools - which are school that are paid for by taxes - classroom teachers in England were paid an average of £38,982 in the 2021/2022 school year. The NEU is required to give two weeks' notice of industrial action - such as a strike - to give schools and parents time to prepare. Last week, strikes closed almost every primary school in Scotland on Tuesday, and every secondary school in the country on Wednesday. Last week the largest education union in the UK, the National Education Union (NEU) asked more than 300,000 teachers and support staff to vote in a ballot on whether to take industrial action - more than 90% have voted in favour of striking. Support staff in schools in Wales are also expected to go on strike after 88% of balloted union members backed the action. Teachers in England and Wales will go on strike over pay, meaning some schools are likely to close temporarily in February and March.

Nine out of 10 teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted for strike action.

The RCN announced on Monday that it will stage two more strikes in England and Wales on February 6 and 7, with more NHS trusts taking part than during two days of strikes in December. In Wales, 95% of members taking part in the school leaders’ union NAHT Cymru ballot backed action short of strikes and 75% supported strikes, with a turnout of 55%. In Wales, 92% of NEU teacher members who voted in the ballot backed strikes, with a turnout of 58%. In England, 90% of NEU teacher members who voted in the ballot backed strikes, with a turnout of 53%. On Monday, the NAHT revealed that 87% of members in England taking part in the union’s pay ballot voted in favour of action short of strikes, while 64% supported strikes. Nine out of 10 teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted for strike action and the union passed the 50% ballot turnout required by law.