Pay discrimination

Women teachers say they are being denied their contractual entitlements on pay and working conditions, according to a conference organised by the NASUWT teachers’ union.

Women teachers raised serious concerns at the conference about the systemic unfairness of the arrangements in their schools for managing their pay and performance. Nearly half of delegates said they had experienced discrimination in relation to their pay or pay progression this year. Delegates also reported a lack of access to professional development and training opportunities.

Chris Keates, NASUWT general secretary, said the potential for discrimination and unfairness is deeply worrying.

She said: “The NASUWT has consistently warned that the coalition government’s reforms to the teachers’ pay system, coupled with the increasing fragmentation of the school system and the lack of local oversight of schools could increase the potential for discrimination to flourish and for schools to seek to deny teachers their statutory entitlements.”

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