“They will have to decide whether they have sufficient staff to enable them to open the school safely, and maintain a full or revised curriculum, and it may not be possible for schools to gauge the impact of the strike until the actual day”. The school is closed for Year 8 and Year 9 students.
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The NUT has complained about teachers’ workloads and the funding situation in schools, while pay also remains an issue.
Last month, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) voted in favour of industrial action over pay, working conditions and “underfunding” of schools in what many believe will cause huge disruptions to most schools in the country.
Chase High School in Southend is one school where teachers will be on the picket line for part of the day.
“I would say to parents please bear with us head teachers – nobody wants our children’s education suffer and we will do our best to keep schools open, but we have to ensure our schools run safely”.
During the March 2014 action over pay, pensions and conditions nearly 3,000 of England’s schools closed completely while many had to implement reduced timetables.
“NUT members across the region will be joining this strike action, with protest rallies and meetings taking place in numerous major towns and cities”.
The action is the next step in the union’s long-running dispute with the government and will affect in schools in England and Wales.
“There is worse to come, with the Institute of Fiscal Studies predicting that the biggest real terms cuts to per pupil funding in a generation are on the way”.
Mr Glazier believes that changes such as increase in class sizes, a reduction in subject choices for children, less materials, books and school trips as well as teachers being cut or not replaced have all had a negative impact on the profession.
Parents in Milton Keynes are being warned schools could close next Tuesday (July 5) with teachers set to stage a one-day strike.
A number of schools in North Staffordshire will be closed or partially shut as a result of the action.
He said many parents shared the union’s concerns, adding: “At the absolute minimum, schools urgently need extra funding to meet the additional costs Government has put on them through increased National Insurance and pension payments”.
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The NUT is taking industrial action in response to Government cuts.
