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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kate Devlin and Adam Forrest

Teachers strike sets ‘good example’ to pupils, union head says ahead of largest walkout in 30 years

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The mass closure of schools expected across England and Wales due to teacher strikes next week will be a “good example” to pupils, the head of the UK’s largest teaching union has said.

Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), told The Independent it was important that children witnessed teachers standing up for what they believed in and said most secondary school students supported the strike.

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