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Education Secretary tells teachers to give strike notice to avoid 'unnecessary disruption'

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The Education Secretary has urged teachers to inform their schools if they plan to take part in next week’s industrial action to help avoid “unnecessary disruption” 🔴 But union leaders have dismissed the plea as a “cheap” political point

“You will be aware that there is no obligation for your members to alert their headteachers, and they cannot be required to do so, but your cooperation would help ensure our dispute does not cause additional and unnecessary disruption.”, claiming: “Not informing school leaders means our head teachers will be less able to minimise disruption to children’s learning.

Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of the NEU, accused the Education Secretary of trying to make a “cheap political point”. “We are meeting Gillian Keegan at 2pm on Monday with all the education unions. This is the last chance to avoid the strike on Wednesday,” he said. “This is what the Secretary of State should be focusing on. However on Friday the Department of Education failed to meet the deadline to submit its evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body.“We hope the Secretary of State will bring forward concrete proposals to end this dispute and avert the strike action.”

 

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