A headteacher has explained why he has taken the "difficult decision" to shut his school when teachers strike next week. Julian Kennedy said "pupils will experience disruption to their education" but it would not be safe to open.
Mr Kennedy, headteacher of Dyffryn Taf High in Whitland, Carmarthenshire, said safety would be compromised if the school was open for pupils and urged people to treat each other with respect at a hard time.
Members of the NEU Cymru teaching union and other staff are walking out in a row over pay and conditions. Unions have branded the 5% pay offer from Welsh Government "an insult" and said years of underfunding had prompted a staff recruitment and retainment crisis.
