Enough is enough

1. Enough is enough What we need to do to win on school funding

2. We can win a Ballot on Funding “Some may think this dispute is just about teachers’ pay. It is not. This is about a Government that has cut real terms funding per pupil by 8 per cent since 2010; a Government that is ignoring the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention and its own experts in the STRB”.  (November Reps’ Mailing)

3. School Cuts –a growing outcry £2.8bn has been cut from school budgets since 2015 £45.4k is the average cut made to primary school budgets Secondary schools have had an average budget cut of £185.2k per year We can win a Ballot on Funding

4. We set 6 tests for the Government • We said enough is enough • We said our schools and colleges need more funding if we are to give our children the education they deserve. Find out more at neu.org.uk/hands-upand watch the joint ASCL/NAHT/NEU video We can win a Ballot on Funding

5. Why do we need to fight funding cuts? Because if we don’t act: the intolerable pressure on teachers will get even worse the recruitment and retention crisis will have an even worse impact on schools schools will be expected to make an impossible choice between cutting pay, jobs, PPA and cover, resources, SEN. We can win a Ballot on Funding

6. The Chancellor’s “little extras” failed our tests The Chancellor only offered a derisory extra £400 million describing it as “a bonus to help schools buy the little extras they need” This is a drop in the ocean compared to the extra billions schools need to stop the funding crisis. An NEU surveyed identified that up to 94% of teachers are regularly purchasing resources for classrooms with some spending more that £1,000 a year. With over 400,000 fte teachers (2011) are we are doing his bit? We can win a Ballot on Funding

7. What is happening to Teachers and Pay We can win a Ballot on Funding

8. They ignored the STRB - 1 The School Teachers’ Review Body gave compelling evidence why teachers’ pay must be increased across the board The numbers of vacancies and temporarily filled posts in schools and of teachers resigning from the profession have continued to increase. the evidence this year indicated that teaching has continued to lag behind other graduate professions, both in terms of starting salaries and pay progression prospects. Significant gaps have developed between the teachers’ pay and the earnings available in other graduate professions. The expected starting salaries for new teachers in England and Wales have persistently fallen short of median starting salaries for graduates. We can win a Ballot on Funding

9. They ignored the STRB - 2 For the first time in 27 years the Government ignored the STRB’s recommendations. They didn’t even fund schools sufficiently to meet the full costs of their cut-price pay award. How are schools addressing the under funding of pay? Less teachers passing threshold, Teachers beings asked to consider reduced pay rises, Increasing the number of incremental steps on mains scale, so progression takes longer. We can win a Ballot on Funding

10. So what are we doing about it –An online indicative ballot • When? ... from November 15 until mid January. • Why indicative? ... an indicative ballot allows the Union to gauge the strength of feeling amongst members without being restricted by the rules of formal balloting. We can win a Ballot on Funding

11. So what are we doing about it –An online indicative ballot • How? ... by electronic link • Email with an unique code • Who?... teachers in state schools (including academies) and Sixth Form Colleges We can win a Ballot on Funding

12. What are we asking Reps to do? Call a meeting and talk to members. Widely publicise the ballot in school and the reasons why we need a YES vote. Engage with management and explain this is essentially a funding issue and ask for their support . Use the Powerpoint to present the facts and reasons why we need to challenge the Government’s failures. Check everyone has received a voting form and try to provide opportunities at school where staff can vote – it will take no more than a few minutes. Keep reminding members to vote - particularly those that haven’t provided emails so will get postal votes. We can win a Ballot on Funding

13. What are we doing? Aim to meet with Reps and support them in schools where time allows. Through HQ and Regional Office, provide on-going resources and information to support the ballot. Monitor ballot returns and advise Reps of the uptake rate in their school. Utilise different Social Media outlets to keep Reps and members aware of developments. Develop opportunities to engage parents and seek their supporting in securing greater funding for schools We can win a Ballot on Funding

14. What about support staff members? School cuts have a detrimental impact on allour members in education, not just teachers. However, we have decided not to ballot support staff members at this point. This is largely driven by the significance that the Government’s failure to fully fund and fully implement the STRB recommendations (which only apply to teachers) might have in a formal strike ballot However, we are keeping this under review and discussing with other unions such as Unison and GMB We can win a Ballot on Funding

15. We can win a Ballot on Funding • School Funding is an issue that affects every member • Action to win the funds needed to defend teachers’ jobs, pay and conditions (our legal trade dispute) will also help defend children's education. We can explain this message to parents. • Leadership unions ASCL and NAHT will also be simultaneously consulting their members about school cuts. • MPs know that School Cuts have become a key Election issue. • ‘Enough is Enough’ sums up the discontent of so many of us. For some it will be about workload, for others about job security or inadequate pay and pay progression, or the lack of time, staffing and resources for the children they teach. • All these issues link to funding. That’s why every teacher should VOTE YES We can win a Ballot on Funding

16. We need you to vote YES This is not a formal ballot but we need you to vote yes to the questions asked because we can’t allow: the Government to carry on ignoring the facts school cuts to damage children’s education any longer more resources and posts to be cut, driving up class sizes and teacher workload more teachers to be denied pay rises and pay progression even more colleagues being driven out of teaching as a result. We can win a Ballot on Funding

17. Enough is enough!