18/09/2026
🚨Attention School support staff members - GMB response to Government decision on funding Teachers pay rise
The Government has confirmed that schools will be able to use savings arising from a reduction in Local Government Pension Scheme employer contribution rates to help cover the remaining cost of the teacher pay award in answer to NEU request for the rise to be fully funded.
GMB's concern is that savings produced through lower employer contributions are being treated as the solution to the teacher pay funding gap, rather than being utilised to mitigate other rising costs and without a comparable commitment to improve support staff pay, conditions or staffing.
(Though members should NOT be concerned that this governmetn decision impacts or removes any accrued pension benefits from individual members.)
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You can read the press statement GMB Union released yesterday here...
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