
Commuters get on a bus at Waterloo station in London in the aftermath of a Tube strike in March
(Picture: PA)A London headteacher on Thursday criticised a teachers’ union leader for supporting rail strikes that threaten to disrupt A-Level and GCSE exams.
Clare Wagner, head of Henrietta Barnett school in Hampstead Garden Suburb, said she is “extremely worried” about the impact of the walkouts and “very surprised” that Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union has “come out in support of the rail workers.”