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Teachers Plan Strike Over Inadequate Pay Offer

10/11/2025

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The union's national executive deemed the government's offer for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement rushed and inadequate.
The offer proposed a 1% pay increase over three years, the lowest in a generation.
Teachers plan to strike from October 14 to 17, affecting year groups.
The offer has now lapsed, and Abercrombie called for higher salaries and more pastoral staff.

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Story summary

The union's national executive deemed the government's offer for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement rushed and inadequate.
The offer proposed a 1% pay increase over three years, the lowest in a generation.
Teachers plan to strike from October 14 to 17, affecting year groups.
The offer has now lapsed, and Abercrombie called for higher salaries and more pastoral staff.