The National Education Union (NEU) is taking industrial action on Wednesday 1st February. As a result of this action, for the core school day:

• Nursery - open to children, as usual,
  • parent consultation meetings planned for this day are postponed to 21st February;
• main school, Reception - Year 6 - closed to all pupils;
• ARP - closed to all pupils.

 

We thought about all the ways that we could stay open to pupils, including being partially open to vulnerable children and children of key-workers. The risk of not having enough staff to teach pupils in school, including the risk of a picket line and staff not wishing to cross any picket line, means that the main school and ARP are closed to all pupils.

 

Wrap around childcare - Breakfast and After-School Clubs - are open. If parents wish to cancel a booking, we will issue a credit to your child's childcare account. We are trying to be flexible to support any essential childcare needs at times we would usually be open while giving parents the flexibility to cancel if a booking no longer suits your arrangements.

 

Specialist clubs - before and after school - will run as scheduled. If your child does not attend we will offer a refund, on request to the clubs email address. 

 

Music lesson arrangements are not known. We are working with Ealing Music Service for options. If lessons are cancelled, or do not take place, we will re-arrange.

 

Pupils who receive a benefits-related free school meal may collect a packed-lunch from the school office on Wednesday morning.

 

We are not providing remote education because we want to maintain harmonious employee relationships and do not expect teachers who are taking strike action to plan and prepare lessons in advance or teachers who are not taking strike action to cover for their colleagues. 

 

Whilst parents will, inevitably, experience some inconvenience, please remember that this industrial action has met all legal requirements and that teachers do not take the decision to strike lightly.

 

Further industrial action is planned. Our arrangements for further strike days may change.