teachers arrived at conference today after four days of strikes, six days of pay talks, and waited to hear the latest on their dispute. the of pay talks, and waited to hear the latest on their dispute. latest on their dispute. the number of our members latest on their dispute. the number of our members that latest on their dispute. the number of our members that rejected - latest on their dispute. the number of our members that rejected the l of our members that rejected the government s pay offer is 191,319. the union leaders called for more negotiations. we the union leaders called for more negotiations- negotiations. we want to say to arents negotiations. we want to say to parents that negotiations. we want to say to parents that we negotiations. we want to say to parents that we don t negotiations. we want to say to parents that we don t want - negotiations. we want to say to parents that we don t want to l negotiations. we want to say to i parents that we don t want to
the strength of feeling here is obvious, even though this means more disruption for pupils. the profession itself is furious. we are very, very angry at the offer. it is an insult to us. we really struggle to get science teachers, because people don t want to do the job any more, because unfortunately, the amount of stress and workload for the level of pay they are getting, we struggle to recruit in education. nobody takes strike action lightly. we are doing this for the good l of our children in the long term. at the heart of this is a debate over school funding. £2.3 billion extra cash is going to schools in the next two years, and half a billion more next year to help towards pay. but there are other significant pressures too. energy bills, inflation, inflation on food, you know, just the general cost, the increase, just as for everybody else. the prices have gone up incredibly high for schools. this work is incredibly important.
action and we don t want to cause disruption to exam preparation. the strength of feeling here is clear. the vote to reject was overwhelming. the profession itself is furious, we are very angry at the offer. it s an insult to us. we really struggle to get science teachers because people don t want to do the job any more because unfortunately the amount of stress and workload for level of pay, we struggle to recruit in education. there is a promise to protect pupils facing exams. the unions say the offer is too far below the cost of living and not backed by enough funding for schools. if you talk to head teachers, they will look at their budget with you and they will say we can t afford to do this, we have to make cuts in order to make the pay rises. that s not good enough for the children of this country. england s schools will get more than 2 billion extra in cash and half a billion more next year to help with pay, but each school is also grappling