Teachers joined picket lines at colleges across England, including Birmingham and London, on the first day of strikes in a pay dispute.The Government announced in July that teachers and leaders in England will receive a fully funded 5.5% pay rise this year.Although academised sixth form colleges have been guaranteed funding to implement the pay award, this is not the case for sixth form colleges which are not academised, the National Education Union said."Teachers in sixth form colleges are as d

Teachers joined picket lines at colleges across England, including Birmingham and London, on the first day of strikes in a pay dispute.The Government announced in July that teachers and leaders in England will receive a fully funded 5.5% pay rise this year.Although academised sixth form colleges have been guaranteed funding to implement the pay award, this is not the case for sixth form colleges which are not academised, the National Education Union said."Teachers in sixth form colleges are as dedicated, as experienced, and as hard working as teachers in schools", says Shirley Perry, Deputy general secretary of the Birmingham NEU branch.