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'Inadequate in every respect': Headteachers 'overwhelmingly' reject government pay offer

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Members of the Association of School and College Leaders who took part in the survey overwhelmingly voted to turn down the offer - and refused to rule out formal strike action - creating a fresh headache for the government.

Headteachers have"overwhelmingly" rejected the government's pay offer, with a union representing school leaders branding it"inadequate in every respect".

action after hitting out at the government's"lacklustre set of proposals" for ending the industrial dispute. in knocking back the government's offer on Tuesday. Some 87% of ASCL union members who took part in a survey voted to turn down the deal, with 69% citing the"inadequacy" of the additional funding for next year as the main reason for rejecting the offer.Striking members of the National Education Union South East Region at a rally in Chichester, West Sussex, in March

The school leaders union had put the offer to its members neutrally - neither recommending it nor urging members to reject the proposed deal.But following the membership survey, ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton was extremely critical of the government's approach.He said:"The government's pay offer is inadequate in every respect.

 

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They mean headteachers over pupils. And how an the government make a profit in a government department.

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