Just read this on the BBC website - Teachers lobby Parliament about pay and pensions
Yet again the teachers are threatening a strike over pay and conditions.
Would someone tell me where they expect a massive pay rise to coming from?
I'm a Governor at a local school, not a big one, it has 2 reception years and then 4 years of infants - i cant give exact figures for obvious reasons but a massive chunk of our budget goes on teachers, this figure is necessary to attract quality teachers.
Our funding is to be cut by the Government next year by nearly 9%, to put that in to context thats over 1 teachers salary!
So not only do we face a budget squeeze, teachers want more of the shrinking budget. Its all well and good saying that a pay rise is fair, but who is going to pay for it if the budget is squeezed anymore - the kids, thats who. There will be no resource left to buy equipment like PC's or even text books soon.
