Teachers at Swansea school to take more strike action

Members of NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union at Clydach Primary School in Swansea will have taken five days of strike action over the failure of the Governing Body to settle a dispute over inadequate management at the school by the end of this week. The Union has now decided that lack of progress warrants an escalation of the dispute and the school is to be given notice of 6 more days of strike action. 
 
Members at the school are taking action as a result of the failure of the local authority and school governors to act to address serious longstanding management failings on the part of the permanent headteacher.
 
These include the bullying of staff, failure to take appropriate responsibility for managing and leading teaching and learning, failure to fulfil duties around safeguarding the health and safety of pupils and staff and a failure to adequately meet the professional standards teachers expect of a school leader.

Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said:
 
“It is deeply regrettable that the Governors at the school are unable to accept the reasonable dispute resolution requirements of the NASUWT. These simply involve the school following its own employment policies.