Teachers in the National Education Union - and support staff in Wales - will strike over pay on Wednesday.
Year 5 teacher Helen Butler will be joining a picket line in Portsmouth for the first time in her 26-year career. She has voted against strike action in the past - but this time feels different.
"We're given 10 glue sticks for a class of 30, because it's expensive. I've ended up buying my own," she said."What other job expects you to work in your holidays?"Most state-school teachers in England and Wales had a 5% pay rise in 2022. But inflation means this is actually a cut, unions say. And they want to make sure it is not paid for out of school budgets.
"I'd like to say my kids are angels," she laughed. "Children are children. They need feeding. I don't want to just... put them in front of devices and crack on."
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