More strikes planned as teachers reject pay offer

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Members of the National Education Union person already taken portion successful 3 nationalist onslaught days successful England.

By Vanessa Clarke, Education reporter

At the NEU Conference successful Harrogate

Teachers successful England volition onslaught connected 2 days during the summertime term, aft members of the UK's largest acquisition national rejected a authorities wage offer.

The results of their ballot recovered that 98% of NEU members were successful favour of turning the woody down.

Strike enactment volition instrumentality spot connected Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May but the National Education Union says exam classes volition not beryllium interrupted.

The authorities antecedently said it was "a just and tenable offer".

Speaking astatine the NEU league successful Harrogate, Joint General Secretaries Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney said the connection was "unacceptable", "is not afloat funded" and it does not woody with the shortage of teachers successful schools.

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