As you will be aware from current news reports the NEU has announced that teachers will strike over pay in England and Wales on seven dates in February and March.
The NEU is the largest education union in the UK and balloted about 300,000 teacher and support staff members in England and Wales.
Action will take place both nationally and regionally on the following days:
1 February: All schools in England and Wales
14 February: All schools in Wales
28 February: North and north-west England, Yorkshire and Humber
1 March: East Midlands, West Midlands, and the NEU's eastern region
2 March: South-east and south-west England, and London
15 and 16 March: Two-day strike of all schools in England and Wales
The NEU says any individual school will only be affected on a maximum of four out of the seven dates.
Bearing this in mind, we thought it would be useful to highlight some of the resources we have available to support your school through a period of industrial dispute.
HR Customers can find detailed guidance both on the legal and practical implications of industrial action here on the website, plus a selection of detailed FAQs and a range of template letters confirming the deduction of pay following the strike action.
The Department for Education (DfE) has also produced a guidance document on what to do when school staff go on strike and you can access it here. The guidance has been updated to ask schools to prioritise vulnerable children and young people, children of critical workers, and pupils due to take public examinations and other formal assessments where they have no option but to restrict attendance. Other updates include changes to regulations on engaging with agency staff, providing remote education where practical and reasonable to do so, and best practices on managing staff shortages.
