Hastings teachers take strike action

By The Newsroom
Published 16th May 2018, 10:43 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 08:24 BST
Teachers on the picket line outside of ARK Helenswood Academy. Photo by Jonathan Lee.Teachers on the picket line outside of ARK Helenswood Academy. Photo by Jonathan Lee.
Teachers on the picket line outside of ARK Helenswood Academy. Photo by Jonathan Lee.
Teachers at a Hastings school are expected to begin a two-day strike action today (Wednesday, May 16) due to a dispute over working practices.

According to ARK Helenswood Academy, members of the NASUWT teachers union are taking strike action today and tomorrow (Thursday, May 17), leading to the closure of most of the school.

The union is understood to in a dispute with school leaders over working practices, workload and the "withholding of pay entitlements for teachers at the bottom of the main pay scale" at the Ark Academy Trust school.

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In a letter sent to parents earlier this week, Ark Helenswood principal Tracy Dohel said: "Our main concern is, as always, the safety, health and wellbeing of our students. Year 11 to 13 students will be within the busiest period of exam preparation and we will endeavour to ensure that this strike will not have a negative impact on their studies at this crucial time.