Public school teachers across NSW have voted to accept the NSW Government’s three-year award agreement, formally completing last year’s four-year pay deal.

This agreement will mean the state’s 95,000 public school teacher workforce will continue to have highly competitive salaries, receiving a three per cent pay increase annually for the next three years.

This agreement also offers improved workplace flexibility to improve attraction and retention in the profession and will include opportunities for job-sharing, part-time employment as well as full-time and part-time leave without pay where requested.

To maximise teaching time, regular after-school meetings will be capped at one hour a week and after-school events will need to be planned in consultation with teachers, with reasonable notice given along with teachers also provided with additional school development days for the duration of the three-year agreement to assist with rolling out the new curriculum with a focus on explicit teaching.