Parents 'furious' with school where teachers have walked out

Parents say they are 'furious' with school leaders after teachers at a Stockport school walked out for a second day of strike action. The Manchester Evening News reported last week how teachers at the £11,000-a-year Lady Barn House, in Cheadle, planned six days of industrial action in a row over pay and pensions.

Union bosses say the employer is threatening teachers with 'fire and rehire' to force through 'new and inferior contracts', which impose a 3.5 per cent pay cut in return for remaining in the TPS. They claim the employer has refused to delay the imposition of contractual changes on staff, despite current financial forecasts from the school stating they can afford to continue paying pension contributions up to 2028.

Parents say it's unfair children are 'missing out' on valuable learning time and even worse when they are paying so much in fees, which they've been told are increasing to £12,000 from September. Leaders at the teachers union NASUWT say they too have had little engagement from the school. "NASUWT would like to resolve the dispute without need for further strike action, but the employer doesn't seem willing to engage in making any concessions, and as it stands our members are being pressured into agreeing a 3.5% pay reduction or face being fired and rehired on worsened terms and conditions."

Julie Flynn, acting chair of governors for Lady Barn House School, said: “Our priority is to the children and their education which is why we have been working to ensure the school can continue in the coming years by proposing these changes.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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