TEACHERS at Waingels College will walk out tomorrow (Tuesday) in protest over pay and working conditions.
Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) are demanding an increase in funding to schools and education, guaranteed terms and conditions in all types of schools, and to resume negotiations on teacher contracts.
Kevin Courtney, Acting General Secretary of the NUT, said: “The NUT is not taking action lightly. In light of the huge funding cuts to schools, worsening terms and conditions, and unmanageable and exhausting workloads, teachers cannot be expected to go on without significant change.
“There is already a teacher recruitment and retention crisis in our schools. Without significant change to the pay and working condition of teachers, this will simply deepen. We know that many parents share our concerns.
“Nicky Morgan needs to engage properly with teachers to address the real problems that are occurring in our schools. The Education Secretary should negotiate with teacher unions on protections for school teachers from a workload crisis which is now completely out of hand. These problems are of the Government’s own making and it is time they addressed them before the education system in England falls apart at the seams.”
Union members at Waingels College will stage a picket line at the school gate where they will hand out leaflets to parents and non-striking colleagues.
It is not believed that any classes or exams will be disrupted by the action.
