Dear Parents/Guardians
STRIKE ACTION: THURSDAY 18th January
Members of the five teaching unions (INTO, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU and UTU) and four non-teaching unions (GMB, NIPSA, Unison and UNITE the Union) are being called to take part in strike action on Thursday 18th January 2024 in relation to a trade dispute linked to the Pay and Grading Review.
While the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and all the political parties, have agreed that Public Sector workers should receive a cost-of-living uplift, to date no pay offer has been made.
Having completed a Risk Assessment, we have determined that the school will be closed on Thursday 18th January 2024:
Clearly, this is a difficult situation, which will cause disruption. I ask you, however, to be understanding. Strike action is very unusual and taking the step of strike action is not something that any member of the school staff undertakes lightly. Those on strike will have thought long and hard about their decision and will also lose pay for the period that they are on strike.
The staff in our school are invaluable to the learning, development and safeguarding of your children and I, along with the Board of Governors, feel strongly that they should be paid fairly for the essential and very challenging jobs that they do.
Yours sincerely
Mr Peter Cush
Principal