PARENT groups expressed support for striking teachers today as thousands of burnt out staff downed tools over plummeting take-home pay.

In a joint statement, Save Our Schools, Rescue Our Schools, Let Our Kids Be Kids, Special Needs Jungle and Square Peg backed calls for teachers to receive fair pay amid a worker exodus from the profession. 

The groups echoed educators’ concerns that children’s learning is “being harmed because of a lack of qualified teachers and high turnover of staff” and demanded that Tory ministers “demonstrate that they truly value our schools and those who work in education.”