Seven days of rolling strikes will take place in schools in England and Wales in February and March after tens of thousands of teachers voted to take action in a bitter dispute over pay and working conditions. Schools may be forced to close if they don't have enough staff to teach children safely after 90% of school staff balloted by the National Education Union (NEU) in England backed walkouts.
The first strike will be on February 1 in England and Wales, with more than 23,000 schools expected to be affected. Individual schools will only be affected by four dates, the union said.
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