School psychologists reject pay offer

Members of the Association of Educational Psychologists in England and Wales paid on Soulbury Committee scales rejected a pay offer of £1,925 on all pay points for 2022 (see last issue, page 5). Votes for action were successful in 136 out of 157 local authorities, following an about turn by the Local Government Association, which was accused of making but then retracting a more acceptable offer worth between 5% and 9%.

In Scotland, college lecturers are being balloted on both action short of strike and strike action, over a pay rise that they should have received in September 2022. EIS-FELA said the protracted dispute has been clouded by threats to job security.