Nearly all schools in Wales will be affected by Wednesday's strike by teachers, the National Education Union has warned. Thousands of pupils will be affected as staff walk out in a row over pay and funding.
Schools across Wales will shut on February 1 as strikers picket at school gates from north to south and join rallies in Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Colwyn Bay and Machynlleth. Last ditch talks with the Welsh Government and its unspecified one-off payment offer to teachers last week failed to avert the walk out.
The NEU Cymru, which is one of the largest teaching unions in Wales, said talks with Welsh Government officials are expected to continue on Wednesday but too late to avert the walk out. See the list of school closures here. Separately, headteachers in the National Association of Headteachers will be working to rule indefinitely from February 1 as part of their dispute with the Welsh Government. And there are also university strikes in Wales on Wednesday.
