Schools across south-east London and north Kent face closure or disruption today (July 5) as members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) stage a one-day strike over funding.
Members are set to walk out over school funding and contracts, arguing that cuts could affect class sizes, subject choices and staffing.
Almost 25 per cent of NUT members voted in the strike ballot - of those who voted, 91.7 per cent supported strike action.
John Roan school in Greenwich is closed
NUT acting leader Kevin Courtney said school budgets were not keeping pace with rising costs.
He said: "Teachers do not take strike action lightly.
"The problems facing education, however, are too great to be ignored and we know many parents share our concerns."
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan branded the strike as "unnecessary" and "harmful".
Several schools in Greenwich are closed or partially closed:
Partially closed
Alderwood; Greenacres; Robert Owen; Christ Church Shooters Hill; Deansfield; Eltham Church of England; Fossdene; Gordon; Linton Mead; Nightingale; Notre Dame; Our Lady of Grace; Rockliffe Manor; South Rise; St Alfege with St Peter's; St Joseph's; St Margaret's; St Mary Magdalene C of E (Peninsula); St Mary Magdalene C of E (Woolwich); St Patrick's; St Thomas a Becket RC (Eynsham Drive); Thorntree; Wingfield; Woodhill; Harris Academy Greenwich; Plumstead Manor; Woolwich Polytechnic School.
Closed
Pound Park; Boxgrove; De Lucy; Discovery; Foxfield; Gallions Mount; Greenslade; Hawksmoor; Invicta (Benbow Street); Invicta (Invicta Road); James Wolfe (Randall Place); James Wolfe (Royal Hill); Meridian; Millennium; Mulgrave; Sherington; St Margaret Clitherow; Willow Dene; Wyborne (nursery is open); Eltham Hill School (open for secondary school transfer day only); St Paul's Academy; St Ursula's; The John Roan; Thomas Tallis.
NUT members during a previous strike
In Bexley the following schools are part closed:
The Bexley Pupil Referral Service; Crook Log Primary School; Danson Primary School; Hook Lane Primary School; Upland Primary School; Orchard School; Belmont Primary School; Dulverton Primary School; Chatsworth Infant School; Castilion Primary School; Barrington Primary School; Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School; St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School; Shenstone School; Marlborough School.
A Bexley Council spokesman said: "No Community, Voluntary Aided or Voluntary Controlled Schools in Bexley will be shut as a result of the NUT strike action.
"The majority of schools are either fully open or partially open."
In Dartford and Gravesham the following schools are affected:
Partially closed
Maypole Primary School, Dartford; Shears Green Infant School, Northfleet; Shears Green Infant School, Northfleet; Riverview Junior School, Gravesend; West Hill Primary School, Dartford; Fawkham CoE Voluntary School Primary School, Sevenoaks; Northfleet School for Girls, Northfleet; Rowhill School, Longfield.
Closed
St John's Catholic Comprehensive, Gravesend.
Is your child's school affected by the strikes or are you striking? Email your views and pictures to fiona.simpson@london.newsquest.co.uk
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