On strike: Swinton Community School
NUT members at the school were on strike today and it was closed to all students
Strike closes school
A school near Rotherham will be closed to all students today as teachers go on strike.
Rotherham school strike
Swinton Community School is closed as staff go on strike over the redundanies. Lisa Adlam reports.
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Teaching staff in Halifax say it is a tragedy that Calderdale Council is planning to make redundancies. 21 workers at the Heath Training Centre, which supports teachers, are facing losing their jobs because of government cuts.
Teachers strike in Halifax
Teaching staff in Halifax have gone on strike over the threat of redundancies. The Heath Training Centre provides on the job training to help teachers in Calderdale develop their teaching skills. 21 staff there are facing losing their jobs because of budget cuts at Calderdale Council.
School strike over jobs
Teachers are on the picket line at Swinton Comprehensive School in Rotherham. It is over the proposed compulsory redundancy of one teacher. Seven other teachers have already changed how they work. The school says they are experiencing a drop in funding due to falling student numbers.
Teacher strike closes school
Swinton Community School will be closed to all students today as members of the NUT union strike over the proposed compulsory redundancy of one teacher.
Seven other teachers have already altered their roles, swapping full time for part time work, or taking voluntary redundancy.
The NUT regional secretary Ian Stephenson says it is unfair that teachers are made redundant when a school is in financial difficulty.
The school says that they are experiencing a falling number of students, which means a drop in available funding. Negotiations are ongoing with the teacher in question in the hope of agreeing a suitable alternative role.