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The Guardian - UK
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Guardian community team

Parents: share your views on the teachers’ strikes in Britain

The union is striking in pursuit of its claim for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise.
The union is striking in pursuit of its claim for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise. Photograph: Tim Hall/Getty Images/Image Source

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%.

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