Rail and Tube unions were hit with fury on Friday over a series of strikes during the school exams season which threaten to “impact long-term on children’s lives”.
School standards minister Robin Walker said rail and Tube workers had a “public duty” to ensure that children could get to school to take crucial GCSEs and A-levels. Those taking their exams this summer have already had their education affected by two years of the Covid pandemic.
Walk-outs are planned on the rail and Tube network on June 21 when exams include A-level maths, religious studies and German, and GCSE history, and June 23 on rail services, when exams include A-level chemistry and GCSE physics.
