Ministers have made a new teacher pay offer to education unions after the latest round of talks, but it is yet to be made public.
All unions involved in the talks - the NEU teaching union, the NASUWT teaching union, the NAHT school leaders’ union and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) - have received the same offer.
However, the details have not yet been revealed by the Department for Education or unions.
The intensive talks, which began on 17 March and concluded today, were expected to focus on teacher pay, conditions and workload reduction.
They began following the conclusion of the NEU’s most recent teacher strike days on 15 and 16 March.
Speaking this afternoon, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of NAHT, said: “Formal talks between education unions and the government have now concluded, and an offer has been made.
“NAHT’s national executive committee will be considering the details of this offer this evening. They will then decide on our next steps. We will be making no further comment this evening but will issue a further statement tomorrow.”
The latest talks included all four of the main education unions: the NEU, ASCL, NAHT and NASUWT.
In a joint public statement last week, the unions and the government said that “in order for talks to begin and, we hope, reach a successful conclusion, the NEU has confirmed it will create a period of calm for two weeks during which time they have said no further strike dates will be announced”.
The talks were the first to take place between the NEU and the government in the weeks after the education secretary set the precondition that she would not meet with the union until strike action was paused.
The NEU held two national strike days last week on 15 and 16 March, with a reported 50,000 teachers attending a march and rally in the capital.
Earlier this month, the government made an offer to health unions including a one-off lump sum for 2022-23 that rises in value up the NHS pay bands, plus a permanent 5 per cent pay rise on all pay points for 2023-24.
