Notice of Strke Action
All teaching and headteacher unions are taking strike action on Wednesday 29 November. As a result, school will be closed until 12 noon.
Pupils may arrive between midday and 12.15 pm. School meals will be available. Pupils who are unable to attend school in the afternoon will be marked present.
Nursery will be closed on the 29th, however, After School Club will be available from midday for registered nursery pupils.
We understand the inconvenience that strike action brings to our school families, however, all previous actions short of striking have failed to improve salaries and working conditions for the teaching profession. Salaries have now fallen by upwards of 30% over the last decade while expectations placed upon staff by the Education Authority and Department for Education and other agencies have increased dramatically.
We do not take this action lightly but can no longer accept a situation where Northern Ireland teaching salaries are well below all of the other UK regions and 12% below the salaries of their counterparts in Scotland.
I provide this information by way of a brief explanation as to why we feel it necessary to take strike action.
