In the event of industrial action, please follow the correct procedure and complete the required forms. 

It will also be essential for all schools experiencing disruption to update their status through SchoolsWeb to inform parents and residents of the impact on individual schools.

Please update SchoolsWeb at least 3 working days before the planned action wherever possible. 

Select status: this creates an automatic headline to indicate the status of the school. Please select either:

• Closed due to specific circumstances. Please select this option if the whole school will be closed and remote learning is not possible.
• Partially closed due to specific circumstances. Please select this option if certain classes will be closed and remote learning is not possible.
• Moved to remote learning – specific pupil groups only. Please select this option if you will be delivering in school provision, but some pupil groups will be working remotely.
• Moved to remote learning – whole school. Please select this option if the whole school has moved to remote learning.

In the Comments area, please use the following text, adding relevant information regarding provision for vulnerable children and children of critical workers:

• Closed due to specific circumstances– xxx School will be closed on this date because of industrial action by the National Education Union (NEU). No classes will run today. We will return to normal operations on xxx and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
• Partially closed due to specific circumstances – The following classes/groups only are affected due to industrial action by the National Education Union and should not come into school on this date. All other pupil classes/groups will still run as normal. We will return to normal operations on xxx and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
• Moved to remote learning – specific pupil groups only- xxx School has moved to remote learning for specific pupil groups only due to industrial action by the National Education Union (NEU). The following classes/groups are affected and will need to work remotely from home – xxx. All other pupil classes/groups will still run as normal. We will return to normal operations on xxx and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
• Moved to remote learning – whole school - xxx School has moved to remote learning due to industrial action by the National Education Union (NEU). Pupils will need to work remotely from home. We will return to normal operations on xxx and apologise for any inconvenience caused.