Mark Whitehead 15 February 2023

Scottish council leaders agree new teacher pay offer

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Council leaders in Scotland have agreed on a new pay offer for teachers which it hopes will end the current industrial action.

It would mean a 6% pay rise in the current year and a further 5.5% in the new financial year starting in April.

The Holyrood government says it has found £156m to fund a two-year deal.

It says the offer would mean an overall increase of more than £5,000 over two years for the 70% of classroom teachers who are at the top of their main grade pay scale.

However, it is not clear if the package would end the dispute, with a series of further strikes already scheduled.

The largest teaching union, the EIS, has been striking for a 10% rise this year.

The £156m for teachers is part of a pot of around £300m which would also enable councils to offer other staff a 5.5% pay rise in 2023/24.

EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley said the union was still waiting for written notification of a revised offer and it was unacceptable that it had been shared with the media before being presented to teaching unions.

She said: ‘Once we eventually receive the offer, it will then be for the EIS salaries committee to discuss the terms of that offer and to adopt a position in relation to it.’

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