UPDATE: More Bucks schools announce closures in wake of teachers' strike.

More than a third of Bucks school teachers are set to walk out next week in protest against school funding cuts and “unmanageable and exhausting” workloads.

Hundreds of state school teachers from the county will strike in London with the Bucks National Union of Teachers (NUT) on Tuesday, July 5, resulting in a number of schools around the area having to close.

They want to see an increase funding to schools and education, guarantee terms and conditions in all types of schools and to continue negotiations on teacher contracts.

So far three schools in Bucks have announced closures – Newtown Infant School and Nursery in Chesham, Fulmer Infant School in Fulmer and St James and St John CofE Primary School in Akeley, with more expected to be added.

Holtspur School in Beaconsfield will be partially closed with children in years one and three advised not to attend, as will Amersham School which will be open to year 7 students.

Annette Pryce, Bucks NUT division secretary said it was not taking the action “lightly” and current conditions were having a “damaging” effect on children’s education.

Speaking about whether the strike would impact pupils’ education, she said as a teacher herself, she does not think the strike will impact pupils’ education

She said: “If we’re going to teach them anything, it’s that defending something greater than yourself is what will change this world for the better. That standing up for what is right is good.

“Education isn’t just about exams.

“Won’t larger class sizes impact on pupils’ education even for that one generation? Won’t less resources due to funding cuts impact pupils’ education?

“That’s what’s going to happen if we don’t stop it.”

She also said there was “worse to come”, with the Institute of Fiscal Studies predicting that the biggest real-term cuts to per pupil funding “in a generation” are on the way.

She added: “Teachers are the last line of defence for our students’ education and the chaotic policies of this government is leaving it to ruin as they pursue their dogged ideologies.”

Bucks County Council’s Zahir Mohammed, cabinet member for education and skills, advised parents to check with schools to find out if they would be closed as a result of the strike as teachers are not obliged to inform their school in advance of their decision to strike.

Around 35 per cent of teachers in Bucks are members of the NUT.

To see which schools will be closed, go to http://closures.buckscc.gov.uk/Planned.aspx.

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