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Teachers should be consulted about 2.8 % salary and whether they are ready to strike.

About 284,000 members of the National Education Union (NEU) who work in schools that have been preserved in England will be required to vote to accept or reject the government’s recommendation and if they want to take industrial measures.

The Federation said that the initial ballot will measure the opinions of teachers about the need for the fully funded wage award that takes steps to address the “crisis” in employment and keep it.

NEU said that the government’s recommendation to review school teachers an increase of 2.8 % for teachers in 2025/26 is likely to be lower than inflation and will not do anything to repair “damage” to pay the salaries of teachers against other graduate professions.

The Federation complained that the payment recommendation is not funded, as schools pay for them by making efficiency elsewhere in their budget.

The unions have warned that schools have endured 14 years of cuts under the previous conservative administration.

“We all know that a 2.8 % wage award is unacceptable,” said the Secretary -General of New Daniel Kebidi.

“The crisis of employment and chronic retaining in our schools will deepen, and it means more discounts for schools that are already struggling.

“The wage has decreased by about five against inflation since 2010, which has led education to the worst crisis in decades. More schools are more unable to be the case at any time since 2010. The sizes of classes are the largest ever.

“Our members do not want to strike, but ignore the profession and support teachers in an angle that means that we will not leave without an option.

“The government has been elected in the hope that education will be estimated, but the 2.8 % payment prize without financing does the opposite. Like governors in front of them, they force schools to make more cuts.

“It is short -sighted, it is a mistake, and the teachers will not support it. There is a time so far for (Chancellor) Rachel Reeves and her colleagues to think again and present teachers, children and our schools.”

A spokesman for the Ministry of Education said: “During three years, the teachers had an increase in wages by more than 17 %,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Education.

“As schools and families continue to do everything in their power to improve attendance, and after you lost millions of school days through the epidemic and modern industrial work, this is very welcome news. For this government and the Minister of Education, children always come first.”

The poll is closed on April 11.