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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Staff at sixth-form colleges in England to strike on Thursday

NEU members in Durham during a strike in 2023
NEU members in Durham during a strike in 2023. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Sixth-form colleges are taking legal action against the government to secure the same funding for pay rises handed to schools, as staff at colleges across England begin a series of strikes.

More than 2,000 members of the National Education Union (NEU) at sixth-form colleges will walk out on Thursday, followed by further strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, in the education sector’s first national industrial action since Labour took office.

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