Teachers who agree to attend school on strike days to help students preparing for exams should leave once the supervision is over and be paid in full, guidance from the National Education Union suggests.
Fresh strikes by teacher members of the NEU in England are set to go ahead this summer term amid a dispute over pay.
The union has issued dispensation guidance to its members, reps and officers ahead of the planned walkouts on April 27 and May 2 to “minimise disruption to Year 11 and 13 exam preparation”.
The NEU said it recognises that it is “appropriate to seek agreements with headteachers” that permit exam year students to attend school on strike days “for revision activities or exam practice”, and it will support arrangements that provide “the minimum level of teaching staff needed” for these to take place.
