Our national ballot on class contact time did not reach the legal threshold of 50% of ballot papers being returned in time. This means we are unable to take any formal industrial action.

While a ballot mandate would have helped our negotiating position with Scottish Government and COSLA, we will nevertheless continue to push for the implementation of the promised class contact time reduction.

This aim is supported by the Deputy First Minister’s announcement in the Scottish Government budget of a commitment to protect teacher numbers, a key feature of any effort to deliver class contact time reduction.