The National Education Union has estimated that 200,000 members will strike over three days of action this week.
Members of the National Education Union during a rally in Manchester
The NEU has estimated that around 200,000 members across England and Wales will strike over three days of action this week, with the “majority of schools” expected to either restrict access to pupils or fully close. But Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, joint general secretaries of the NEU, have accused the Government of “burying its head in the sand” as they claim underfunded pay increases have “pushed the profession to its limits”.
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “While it’s difficult to predict the exact impact of strikes in schools this week, there is likely to be significant localised disruption. Mary Bousted, centre, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, joins members at a rally in central Manchester on Tuesday On February 1, the first day of walkouts by NEU members, the majority of state schools in England were forced to shut their doors to some pupils.
He added: “There is an overwhelming sense of frustration among school leaders that so little progress has been made in the last month in terms of resolving the industrial dispute.
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