The Department for Education has published a summary of data
relating to teacher strikes today. Data can be found here.
Please also find an Education Hub post here summarising the
data.
Education Secretary said:
“I am very grateful to head teachers for all their work to keep
our schools open and to minimise the impact of today's strike
action.
“One school closure is too many, and it remains deeply
disappointing that the NEU proceeded with this disruptive action
– but many teachers, head teachers and support staff have shown
that children’s education and wellbeing must always come
first.
“Conversations with unions are ongoing and I will be continuing
discussions around pay, workload, recruitment and retention, and
more.”
Over 90% of schools open during strike action
Data collected by the Department for
Education showed 90.7% of schools remained open to
some or all pupils on Wednesday 1 February during
strike action by the NEU (National Education Union). 45.9% were
reported to be fully open, 44.7% were open but restricting
attendance and less than 10% (9.3%) were
closed.
Many parents and pupils will have faced disruption,
but we are hugely grateful to head teachers, teachers and support
staff who continued to work today, so a significant number of
pupils will have not experienced disruption to their education.
This is particularly important for vulnerable pupils, children of
key workers, and those preparing for important exams.
52.1% of primary schools were fully open and a further 38.7% were
restricting attendance, compared to 17.4% of secondary schools
fully open, and 73.6% restricting attendance.
This data is based on returns from 77.3% of schools in England
- you can access our data
here.
