National Education Union teacher members in England have agreed to accept progress made on pay and funding and to end industrial action.
The decision was made by the members through three separate ballots which closed last Friday.
This follows the governments offer of a 6.5% pay rise for teachers from September, implementing the recommendations of the School Teachers’ Pay Review Body (STRB).
There will be additional funding given to schools to cover 3% of this, amounting to £900m in the 2024-25 financial year. This money will come from ‘reprioritising within the DfE’s existing budget’, but ‘frontline services’ will be protected; it will be delivered in the form of a grant for schools. More information on the amount of funding each school will receive is available on the DfE website.
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