Strikes to shut more than 30 Oxfordshire schools (From Oxford Mail)

Strikes to shut more than 30 Oxfordshire schools

9:10am Tuesday 28th June 2011 in News

UNION officials say they know of more than 30 schools that will fully or partially close because of teachers’ strikes on Thursday.

Last night, negotiations between the Government and the National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturer failed to reach a resolution which would prevent the planned industrial action.

It means up to 750,000 teachers, civil servants and other public sector workers will walk out for 24 hours on Thursday.

Meanwhile, University and College Union members at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College will have picket lines at the gates to the Oxpens and Blackbird Leys campuses, as they go on strike over the pensions changes.

Schools set for partial or full closure include: All Saints Primary, Didcot; Bayards Hill Primary, Barton; Botley Primary; Burford School; Carterton Primary; Cheney School, Headington; The Cherwell School, North Oxford; Chiltern Edge School, Sonning Common; Cumnor Primary; Dry Sandford Primary; Enstone Primary; Faringdon Community College; Fitzharrys School, Abingdon; Gillotts School, Henley; The Henry Box School, Witney; John Henry Newman Primary, Littlemore; John Mason School, Abingdon; Langtree School, Woodcote; Larkrise Primary, Donnington Bridge; The Marlborough School, Woodstock; Millbrook School, Grove; New Marston Primary; Northern House School, Summertown; Our Lady’s Catholic School, Cowley; St Christopher’s Primary, Cowley; St Ebbe’s Primary; St Gregory the Great Catholic School, East Oxford; St Aloysius, North Oxford; St John’s Primary, Banbury; St John Fisher Primary, Littlemore; SS Mary & John Primary School, East Oxford; Wantage Primary; Wheatley Park; Willowcroft School Didcot.

* From 3pm on Wednesday, oxfordmail.co.uk will have the latest information available on closures.