SCOTTISH Labour leader Richard Leonard blasted the SNP government today  for denying “undervalued” teachers a decent pay rise.

He warned that the Holyrood administration would fail to close the attainment gap in Scottish schools if it continued its current pay policy.

Teaching unions EIS, SSTA, NASUWT and Voice rejected a 3 per cent pay offer earlier this week. Unions are campaigning for a 10 per cent rise, saying that real earnings have fallen by a quarter over the past decade.