Thousands of schools in England and Wales will shut in February after teachers voted to take industrial action, union leaders have announced.
National Education Union members will stage a mass strike on 1 February, followed by regional stoppages. The union is striking for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise after the government said last summer that most teachers would receive a pay rise of about 5%.
Meanwhile, in Scotland, members of the Educational Institute of Scotland began 16 days of strikes on Monday. In two of Scotland’s 32 local authority areas, teachers are striking each day until 6 February.
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