Michael Goev! how does this cretin end up in such a position of seniority...

PLEASE IGNORE Double post see above re Michael Gove

His latest utterance " (Michael Gove)......has advised schools that teachers who work to rule may be in breach of contract and could have pay deducted. "

Mr Gove... 'Working to rule' means working to the strict definition and terms of one's contract of employment. Anything else relies on the goodwill of the employee. Whilst some contract have a catch all clause such as ' fulfil any duties required as and when' etc. I am certain no teacher or teaching union would give the Government ammunition to clamp down by failing to meet their contractual requirements. Most if not all teachers work well beyond the contracted hours simply to keep up with al;l the admin tasks... marking, lesson planning, objective setting, school policy meetings school strategy planning etc etc.

So...how do you deduct pay if someone is meeting their contractual requirements where there are no perfomance bonuses in the pay structure.

Presumably this is yet another crass attempt to turn the public against teachers so they can dismantle the national pay agreement aka ''divide and conquer' OR paving the way for performance related pay ??

PS I am NOT a teacher