Teacher premium should be limited to 2%, says the government

Teacher premium should be limited to 2%, says the government

State Minister of Education Diminish Hits has indicated that teachers in England will need to add up to 2% next year.

Extremely Disappointing '

The National Association of Teacher Secretary General Paul Whiteman said a 5% wage increase was "vital if we had to enter the UK's ongoing recruitment and teacher training pipeline." "After years of shrinking public sector salaries, it is embarrassing for the government to impose another, this time by 2%," he said. Last week, the Department of Education introduced wage increases in three groups, 3.5 per cent for classroom teachers and 2.5 per cent or 1.5 per cent for senior leaders, which, Whiteman added, "gave a real wage reduction for all, but one-third of teachers, including the most experienced staff and leaders. " The Association of Secretary General of School and College Leaders Geoff Barton said it was extremely disappointing that the government had said a 2% increase was affordable by school budgets when it was not absolutely incidental. "Student fundraising has fallen by 8% in real terms over the last eight years, including cuts of more than 20% in financing six schools," he said. And this has led schools to absorb a number of cost pressures without any other funding, leading to budgets and deficit cuts. "To say that schools can now afford another infinite cost pressure not only adds insult to injury, but sets standards in education," he added. Barton.