Our preliminary ballot for a fully-funded, significantly above-inflation pay rise for school teachers in state-funded schools in England has closed. Members who voted, overwhelmingly decided reject an unfunded 2.8% pay award with 93.7% of respondents voting for action.

NEU conference during the Easter break voted for districts, branches and school groups to ‘immediately prepare” for a formal industrial ballot for strike action over the pay and funding offer for 2025/26. Should the current pay offer remain unacceptable, or if the government does not announce real terms funding increases in the June spending review, then the NEU will be launching a formal ballot.

Download, read, copy & distribute this leaflet to your colleagues to make sure they know what’s coming.

Due to the fluid nature of this dispute, the meeting has changed to 21st May 2025 @ 5.30pm. The QR code and link still work as intended. This online version of the leaflet has been updated, but you may have received paper copies with the old date on.