There Is An Alternative

Say No to Sixth Form College CutsSupport the NUT Action

Sixth form colleges under attack

The sixth form college sector is recognised as successful but is under attack - colleges are implementing redundancies, increases in group size and reductions in courses offered

Teachers have seen pay comparability with schools lost and now face a pay freeze

Students and colleges are suffering from the cuts to teaching and the abolition of the EMA

NUT Action

NUT members voted for action short of strike action and discontinuous strike action on pay, funding and working conditions

NUT members and some NASUWT members in sixth form colleges commenced action short of strike action on 3 October

The NUT pensions ballot is still valid and the pensions campaign continues in tandem

Teacher pay

The sixth form college employers are again seeking to freeze pay in 2012-13

The 2010-11 pay award of only 0.75% was well below the 2.3% in schools

The employers promised to restore comparability but are again offering no increase for 2012-13 - teachers now face a further substantial real terms pay cut

NUT pay and funding campaign

The NUT is at the heart of a joint campaign to defend 16-19 education from the impact of the cuts

We will continue to seek to work jointly with ATL, NASUWT and Unison on sixth form college issues and will continue to campaign against the Government’s public sector cuts

Action against the Government

The Government is slashing funding for sixth form colleges

The cuts have only just begun Students and teachers have already been hit The damage will be irreparable

Action against the employers

We must resist the pay freeze and loss of comparability with schools

The employers have a choice – and should honour their previous commitments

Attacks on teachers are self-defeating

Why the cuts?

Cuts to 16-19 funding are part of the Government’s wider public sector cuts

The cuts are being widely attacked, even by former supporters, as the economy recovers from a “double-dip” recession

Cuts don’t solve problems, they create them

The long-term picture

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A history lesson

UK public debt is significantly lower than in many other major economies

National debt is not new - it has been much higher in the past

Between 1916 and 1970, UK debt was much higher than now - yet we could still fund the creation of the welfare state and the NHS

Cuts that don’t heal

Treasury estimate: 600,000 public sector and 700,000 private sector jobs to be lost

IFS: the deepest cuts since at least 1945 Cuts reduce spending power, increase

benefit costs and reduce tax revenue The Government is doing nothing to promote

growth – instead the cuts resulted in a recession and increased borrowing

College cuts don’t heal (1)

Sixth form colleges face real terms cuts of almost a fifth by 2015

Funded guided learning hours (enrichment/tutorial funding) being cut by 75%

16-19 education cuts are particularly severe Some transitional protection in 2011-12 and

for the new funding formula from September 2013

College cuts don’t heal (2)

The funding of 6FCs and school sixth forms has fallen in cash terms by 2.3% and 2.7% respectively in 2012-13

A new funding formula from September 2013 will add more problems

Investment in sixth form colleges is essential to economic recovery – education cuts never heal

We’re not all in this together

Inequality has grown since 1979 The Government prefers spending cuts to

taxing the banks Tax and NI changes will compound the

impact of pay cuts and pension increases It’s all about privatisation - but public

spending is needed to secure growth

Education for growth

A first class education system is essential for growth

We need to invest in colleges & teachers to enable young people to access HE - but the Government is cutting teacher pay and pensions as well as college funding

A Government that doesn’t value education doesn’t understand economics

What can we do?

Support the NUT action short of strike action against cuts in pay & funding in sixth form colleges

Talk to NASUWT members about joining the action and talk to ATL members about possible joint activities

We know there is an alternative – you can be part of the fight back!