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STAFF in a school in south Wales hit back after their headteacher blamed the cancellation of a rewards trip for pupils on their strike action.
Teachers at the Llantwit Major High School in Glamorgan denied the claims made in an email sent to parents.
NASUWT national official for Wales, Neil Butler, said they set strike dates “to avoid examinations and has tried hard to do as little damage as possible to the children’s education.
“By organising a trip on a strike day, it looks as though the employer is playing games to turn parents against the teachers. This has to stop.”
NASUWT general secretary Matt Wrack said: “If leaders can get back around the table with us and agree those dispute resolution requirements, this can all be resolved.”
The teachers’ union said it had informed the school back in April of the potential strike on July 16 but would nevertheless move it to ensure any such trip would go ahead.
The school was approached for comment.
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