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Thirty-two sixth form colleges across England will be hit by more strikes over a pay disparity between staff employed by academies and those in standalone colleges.
The National Education Union (NEU) said around 2,000 of its members will walk out on 29 January, 6 and 7 February, adding a further three days to the seven days of strikes already held as students prepare for A-levels and BTec assessments this spring.
We will never accept a situation in which college teachers in non-academised colleagues are paid less than their academised peers for identical work. It is absurd and blatantly unfair to under-fund sixth form colleges in this way, risking lasting damage to longstanding collective bargaining arrangements.
We cannot make a 5.5% pay offer for the whole year, because the government has not provided funding for the whole year. Students will pay the price for this through further disruption to their education.
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