Press coverage as a result of the Department for Education letter on 16 September has created confusion around funding.

NASUWT’s assessment of the facts demonstrates there is no new government money.

There has been an improvement to school funding, in some cases as a result of altered costs in the local government pension scheme, but these changes have been known since December 2025.

Therefore thousands of schools are still facing an unfunded pay rise and the funding crisis is not over.

We are building a campaign in every school and nationally to push the government to end the real-term cuts to school budgets.

This page will have regular updates on how to organise in your school, local association or district.

The campaign will run in four phases:

Phase one: briefing

We held a national briefing on 4 November to explain our analysis of the pay offer and the lack of government funding. You can watch it here.

Phase two: workplace meetings

We will be asking workplace activists to run meetings in their schools to share our analysis of the funding crisis and to talk about how funding is impacting the working conditions of teachers and the learning conditions of pupils.

Phase three: track

We will be asking workplace activists to coordinate with their members to track any loss to provisions for learning or working.

Phase four: collective decision

We will ask workplace activists to convene another meeting at the end of the term to decide how they will escalate the issues they have identified.

You can view our model presentation for workplace meetings, our NEM and local association briefing and, once recorded, our national briefing on the right/below.

You can also view the financial benchmarking tool on the right/below, which will help you understand the funding position in your school or multi-academy trust.