The teachers and support staff of Heaton Normal Intermediate School are joining with their colleagues all over the country on 9 August to call on the government to give primary and intermediate principals a fair deal. We need your support as we stand up for our principal, Andrea Knight, and all principals.

Teachers recently won pay parity with their secondary colleagues, because a teacher is a teacher, regardless of the age of their students. 

However, the government refused to give primary and intermediate principals parity with principals of comparably sized secondary schools, or any support for growing workloads. 

In small schools, principals are doing a complex job but often without any extra support, and while teaching as well. And these principals are often paid less than some teachers in large schools.

We’re calling on the Government to do the right thing by principals. It’s only fair.

Please support the principals of Aotearoa, especially Andrea Knight, who do such a vital job leading the teaching and learning in our schools.