After days of intensive negotiation, the education unions ASCL, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU have been presented with a pay offer by the education Secretary.
The latest NFER report shows what many of us in the education sector have long feared about the state of teacher recruitment and retention: this crisis is entrenched, and it cuts deep and hard.
73% of NEU teacher members in Wales who responded to the union’s consultation have voted to ACCEPT the pay offer put forward by the Welsh Government, and end the dispute.
Mae 73% o athrawon sy’n aelodau o’r NEU yng Nghymru, a ymatebodd i ymgynghoriad yr undeb, wedi pleidleisio i DDERBYN y cynnig cyflog a gyflwynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, a dod â’r anghydfod i ben.
The Government must commit to fully funding the pay award. There are no 'efficiencies' to be made at a school level.
Intervening early with the right support must be our goal to prevent mental health issues becoming more complex.
We must stop shifting resources from schools in need to those which are most well off.
The government needs a plan not just for recruitment but retention also, and one that addresses schools‘ real-terms funding shortfall.
Cuts to teaching staff means a cut for children and young people and the education they receive.
87% of NEU Cymru members identify problems with behaviour in school.
Canfu arolwg diweddar o aelodau NEU Cymru fod 87% wedi nodi bod problem gydag ymddygiad disgyblion a'r ffordd y mae'r ymddygiad hwnnw'n cael ei drin mewn ysgolion yng Nghymru.
The recruitment and retention crisis now encompasses the entire profession across all areas of teaching
