SIXTH-FORM college teachers went on strike yesterday over funding cuts after the High Court rejected a government request for an injunction against the action.

Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) held a packed rally in the Camden Centre in north London and rode to Westminster on Routemaster buses with banners reading: “Education — invest, don’t cut.”

The one-day strike is a response to years of “inadequate funding” for post-16 learning from the Department for Education (DfE).