Unions have condemned the move, which will affect around 500,000 school support staff, including teaching assistants, special needs staff, nursery nurses, school secretaries, caretakers, technicians and school meals staff.
Public sector union Unison said it would ballot its members on strike action ‘as a matter of urgency’ and demanded an equality impact assessment, because it said low-paid women would be among the worst hit by the decision.
In a written statement Mr Gove said, ‘The Government has conducted a review of the future policy direction for determining school support staff pay and conditions, including the role of the SSSNB, and has concluded that the SSSNB does not fit well with the Government’s priorities for greater deregulation of the pay and conditions arrangements for the school workforce.
I therefore propose to introduce legislation to abolish the SSSNB at the earliest opportunity.’
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