Commenting on yesterday’s announcement from the School Teachers Review Body (STRB) on pay for teachers, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of our AMiE partner, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
“We are glad that common sense has prevailed and Ed Balls has accepted the STRB’s view that teacher should get a 2.3% pay rise in 2009 and in 2010, as initially recommended in January 2008.
“We are pleased Ed Balls has honoured the pay commitment he made to ATL members at our annual conference in April, and not bowed to pressure to use teachers’ pay as a political football.
“ATL will continue to fight for teachers to be rewarded fairly, not only during a recession but also when the economy picks up and graduates have a far greater choice of careers.”
