High school staff to stage walk out over 'serious failures'

The National Education Union has confirmed 29 of its members based at St Michael’s Church of England High School in Crosby are to begin a rolling programme of strikes on Wednesday amid what it calls “serious failures” by the Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust . The strike has been called following a ballot of staff in which all asked backed the move, the union said.

The NEU said 100% of its members at St Michael’s supported the strike action due to what they described as “serious failures” by LDST to implement a consistent behaviour policy at the school. The union said this has placed staff and pupils at risk. Talks are ongoing with ACAS to try and resolve the dispute and prevent the need for further strike days. Should these fail, an additional five strikes will be held.Jim Dye, a senior regional officer of NEU, said: “We have been negotiating with Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust since last summer on the serious issues in the school, and where our members have felt unsupported and undermined by their employer.

A spokesperson for St Michael's Church of England High School, said: "We can confirm that we have received notification from members of the NEU at St Michael's that they intend to strike on Wednesday 20th March. We have worked hard to find a negotiated settlement however this has not been successful.

"The school’s leadership regrets that this strike is happening and has started to put into place plans to minimise the disruption to pupils – particularly those studying hard for important exams. We have sent details to parents and are sorry for any disruption caused. We will continue to work to minimise the disruption."

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