TEACHERS are being asked to give their verdict on a long-overdue pay deal in an online poll.
A formal offer on pay and workload has been made to the five main teaching unions.
If accepted, it will bring an end to a continuing industrial action with immediate effect. This has seen some strikes and teachers refuse to cooperate with inspections.
The deal will see classroom staff given a 2.25 per cent increase from September 2017 and an additional 2 per cent from September 2018. Teachers will get a lump sum backdated to September 2017.
This will cost about £70 million.
The offer also includes proposed changes to workload, inspections, Key Stage assessments and initiatives to improve teacher health and wellbeing.
The INTO union has now said its members will be given the opportunity to give their view in an online poll.
It will run from noon on Monday April 20 until 5pm on Wednesday April 22.
The union has said there remains more work to be done, with a pay offer for 2019/20 to be resolved in the coming months.
The offer "is the first step in the process of restoring our members' pay to the level it should be at after a decade of austerity and pay restraint".
"Another key element of the offer is the focus on workload and the inclusion of a range of measures to be enacted to bring about real change now for the benefit of our members," the union said.
"The changes included in this offer represent the first in a series and will lead to further changes in the time ahead."
