Teacher strikes to go ahead at the end of February

The EIS Union has rejected the latest pay offer made from the Scottish Government.

Teachers were to see a pay rise of 6% this year, and 5.5% in the next financial year.

Strike action is to go ahead on the 28th of February and the 1st of March - with schools in Falkirk and Stirling confirmed to be closed on both dates.

The rejection of the pay offer comes hours after the First Minister announced her resignation.

Commenting this afternoon, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley said:

“This is another inadequate offer to Scotland’s teachers, which was unanimously rejected by the EIS Salaries Committee earlier today. The 6% value of the offer for 2022-23 is insufficient, with CPI inflation currently sitting today at 10.5%. The 6% offer for this year is only 1% less of a pay cut than that previously offered, twice, by the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Teachers have already lost more than 1% of their salaries through being forced into strike action so, essentially, teachers already more than paid for this revised offer themselves. This is just yet more smoke and mirrors from the Scottish Government and COSLA in attempting to make this offer appear more generous than it actually is.”