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Six-day teacher strike after Ofsted ‘lies’ lead to privatisation threat
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a rally through Westminster to Parliament Square, London, as teachers stage walkouts across England in an ongoing dispute over pay, July 5, 2023

TEACHERS fearing for their mental health after an “intimidating” Ofsted inspection led to threats of forced academisation are to strike for six days.

National Education Union (NEU) members at Byron Court Primary School in Wembley, north-west London, said today that they would take industrial action to save their community school from joining the Harris Federation academy chain.

The union said that long-serving members of staff face uncertainty over their jobs, pay and conditions under the potential takeover and are asking for a reinspection, “handled fairly and proportionately … after reports that Ofsted lied during the complaints process.”

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