 Members of the largest teaching union have accepted a 6.5% pay rise for teachers in England and voted to end strikes. The National Education Union (NEU) said 86% of its members in England who took part in an ballot voted to accept the progress made in the pay dispute. It said they were in favour of calling off industrial action, with a 60% turnout. Teacher members of the NEU have staged eight days of strike action in state schools since February over the dispute regarding pay. Four education unions had been considering further walkouts in the autumn term, but their general secretaries recommended members accept the 6.5% pay rise for teachers in England offered earlier this month. In a re-ballot of NEU teacher members in England on strike action, which opened in May before the pay offer was made, 95% supported renewing the union's strike mandate for a further six months, with a turnout of 53%. But the NEU has said the electronic ballot result on the Government's 6.5% pay offer for 2023-24 means that further strike action over pay will now not go ahead in the autumn term. An electronic ballot of the NEU's support staff members in England also saw 85% accept the pay offer, with a turnout of 46%. On July 13, the Government agreed to implement the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB)'s recommendation of a 6.5% increase for teachers in England from September this year. Members of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in England have already voted to accept the pay rise from September. Meanwhile, the NASUWT teachers' union and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) are expected to announce their members' responses to the pay offer on Monday. The Government has said the 6.5% pay award for teachers will be 'fully funded', with £525 million of additional funding for schools in 2023-24 and a further £900 million in 2024-25. The NEU's electronic consultation did not){kind=link}
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Members of the largest teaching union have accepted a 6.5% pay rise for teachers in England and voted to end strikes.
The National Education Union (NEU) said 86% of its members in England who took part in an ballot voted to accept the progress made in the pay dispute.
It said they were in favour of calling off industrial action, with a 60% turnout.
Teacher members of the NEU have staged eight days of strike action in state schools since February over the dispute regarding pay.