国产探花comment on the DfE response to the STRB (August 2024)
国产探花regularly聽responses聽to the聽听肠辞苍蝉耻濒迟补迟颈辞苍蝉.
鈥淚t is good to see that the STRB recognises that teacher wellbeing and workload, alongside pay, are important influences on the teacher labour market and significantly impacts recruitment and retention.
A pay award of 聽5.5% is an essential first step in the reversal of the real terms pay cuts inflicted upon teachers and school leaders聽 under the previous 10 Conservative Education Secretaries聽.
Clearly, there is still some way to go to restore the 14% that teachers and school leaders have lost since 2010 and 国产探花would expect this to be addressed in future pay rounds. This announcement by the Labour Government is a welcome signal to the profession of a new direction in education. 聽The Government鈥檚 commitment to additional investment to fund this pay award will be welcome news to school leaders who are juggling overstretched budgets resulting from years of funding cuts.鈥�
