They say that in the last five years teachers have experienced a real-terms 15 per cent pay cut and it warns if a Tory government returns to power things will only get worse.
Sixty-two per cent of teachers who responded to the NASUWT's Big Question survey and were eligible for pay progression said they had not received it this year and less than half (43 per cent) said they are paid for the full range of responsibilities they undertake.
Over three quarters (78 per cent) of teachers who responded to the survey do not think teaching is competitive with other professions in terms of pay and over two thirds (67 per cent) believe that people are being put off a career in teaching because of the pay.
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