Nottinghamshire schools are deciding whether to close ahead of teacher strikes. The UK's biggest education union previously predicted "virtually every school" in Nottinghamshire would be affected in some way by upcoming teachers' strikes, and now schools are taking decisions on whether to open during industrial action.
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action as part of its campaign for a fully-funded, above-inflation pay rise. Teachers who are NEU members at state-funded schools and sixth-form colleges across England will be able to strike when the first nationwide walk-out takes place on February 1.
Schools are beginning to send letters to parents, detailing whether they will have to close. We have started to compile a list of the decisions in these letters below:
