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TORY ministers are preparing to change the law to force teachers to inform school leaders if they plan to join national education strikes, reports suggested today.
Right-wing newspaper the Daily Mail, quoting a government source, said that ministers could act to give schools time to put contingency plans in place during walkouts.
The desperate threat came after Education Secretary Gillian Keegan argued that it is “unreasonable” for educators to fail to announce their intentions ahead of legal industrial action.
Thousands of teachers joined what was the biggest strike in a decade on Wednesday, with up to half a million workers demanding better pay and working conditions.
About 85 per cent of primaries and secondaries in England and Wales were affected by the walkouts, the National Education Union said.
It rubbished claims that ministers want to “minimise disruption to children’s education,” arguing austerity pay and unbearable workloads are driving workers out of the profession and hitting classroom learning.
