A STRIKE by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) is scheduled for tomorrow.

The potential action is part of an ongoing national dispute with central government over reforms to the education sector, as well as teachers’ pay, conditions and pensions.

Teachers do not have to advise their headteacher of their intention to strike, so parents are advised to check with schools on likely staffing levels on the day and whether the industrial action is likely to close or partially close schools and education centres.

The action also has the potential to impact on academy schools as well as those maintained by county councils.

Where known, schools except academies will be able to notify closures on the county council websites.

Peter Edgar, Hampshire County Council’s executive member for education, said: “I hope the decision of the union to ask its members to take part in a day of industrial action does not lead to widespread disruption to pupils’ education.

“Any decisions to close schools will be for individual headteachers and their governing bodies to make.

“They will have to decide whether they have sufficient staff to enable them to open the school safely, and maintain a full or revised curriculum, and it may not be possible for schools to gauge the impact of the strike until the actual day.

“Staff that strike will not be paid for that day in accordance with nationally set legislation. As always, the county council’s primary concern is for the education and welfare of children.”