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Teachers take to streets ahead of national strike
Front-line teachers spoke to people about damaging Tory plans to privatise schools

Hundreds of teachers took the campaign to defend their industry from Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove to public spaces across Britain on Saturday.

Front-line teachers spoke to people about damaging Tory plans to privatise schools through the back door at dozens of street stalls.

The action was part of the National Union of Teachers' Stand Up for Education campaign.

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