Formal postal ballot
Executive plans for a formal ballot to Save Education - opening 3 October.
Support staff: right to join the NEU
With the outcome of special conference being to actively recruit, new guidance is available for officers and reps on collective bargaining, industrial action and representing support staff in the workplace.
Press releases
Advice
Pay scales
Salary scales for teachers, support staff and leaders in schools and colleges in England and Wales.
Support staff pay
Support staff pay has lost around 20% of its real value since 2010. Any pay award must be fully funded by the central government.
Maternity rights
Maternity rights and entitlements available to teachers and support staff in schools and colleges.
Union journals
Educate May-June 2026
Marching Together against the far right plus: voting to Save Education at conference, support plans scandal - false capability claims, the school-based dog boosting wellbeing.
Lead. magazine spring 2026
Assistant principal Akeim Mundell talks success, plus: debates, discussion, votes from annual conference, a head’s experience of the new Ofsted framework, white paper woes - high on ambition, short on funding.
Get involved
Reps' hub
Resources for NEU reps to use in schools and colleges.
Become a rep
The more workplace based reps we have, the stronger the National Education Union will be. Why not become a rep in your school or college?
