Teachers at a Nottingham school will strike for the third time in the space of a month in an ongoing dispute over pay.
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at Nottingham Girls' High School will strike from Tuesday (March 1) for three consecutive days.
The first strike action took place on February 10, the first in the school's 149 year history, with the second on February 23-24.
The high school is run by Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), which runs a total of 23 independent schools across the country, and members from every one of those schools will strike across the county.
95 percent of all NEU teachers within GDST voted in favour of strike action because of the employer's plan to withdraw from the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS).
NEU and GDST met on Wednesday (February 23), and the union claims a 'pragmatic and reasonable proposal' was set out to GDST to settle the dispute, and prevent further action.
NEU says GDST responded by coming back with a completely different proposal, where the TPS would remain, but 'with significant conditions attached, and insufficient detail on the two-tier system that would then be created', according to a union release.
GDST has previously said remaining in the TPS is 'unsustainable' financially.
Strike action will go ahead as previously planned.
Una O’Brien, regional secretary of NEU, said: "We welcome moves by GDST to find a solution to the current dispute, but successive proposals have been inadequate or incomplete.
"We do not yet know the full detail of their latest plan, which appears to have unknown strings attached and was delivered too late for proper consideration.
"Finding a quicker resolution is very much in the gift of the employer, whereas the NEU will continue with the overwhelming mandate of its members to keep up the pressure.
"First impressions are that the GDST’s latest proposal will create an unwelcome two-tier system for our members, worsening conditions over time including a real-terms pay cut.
"It is in the Trust’s interests to continue talks with the recognised union, but we are not yet able to properly assess their proposal and therefore strikes will go ahead this week."
GDST has been contacted for comment.
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