England’s main teaching unions are to begin intensive talks with the government on pay, conditions and workload, paving the way for a potential breakthrough in a dispute that has part-closed many schools for several days over the past two months.
The National Education Union, which held two days of strikes this week, and three other teaching unions jointly announced with the Department for Education that talks would begin on Friday and continue over the weekend.
Negotiations have been on ice since February after the NEU refused a request by education secretary Gillian Keegan to halt the strikes.
However with no further walkouts scheduled, and following a breakthrough in separate discussions between health unions and the government, the NEU said it would not schedule further strikes to create a “period of calm” in the hope of a “successful conclusion” to talks.
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