Lewisham schools on strike on March 28

Today's TES article on pensions ( http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6196115 ) tried to claim that there was "no appetite" for strike action on March 28. The journalist should come round the schools of Lewisham and talk to a few teachers first-hand. Then he'd find that, as I said in that TES article, "This is the beginning of the next phase of the campaign, not the end" !

Yes, there's a very active debate going on about how we should take the action forward after March 28. In school meetings, many teachers - sometimes quite vehemently - have made clear that they, like me, want NUT Conference to vote for a program of national action rather than isolated regional strikes. Yes, there's anger at the NASUWT for again standing aside - and a determination to persuade their members back into action alongside other unions,  just as we had to do after the first national strike last June. But, above all, there's real anger at the blatant injustice of this millionaire's Government's pensions robbery and their latest plans to raise pension ages to 70 and beyond - and a determination to show from the schools and streets of London next week that the battle for pensions justice is far from over.

But, above all, look at the proof of the support for action in the list below of schools in Lewisham where we already know that NUT members are taking strike action:

Schools where we understand all or certainly most NUT members will be striking include:


FORSTER PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

CROSSWAYS SIXTH FORM

FOREST HILL SCHOOL

GORDONBROCK PRIMARY SCHOOL

HABERDASHERS ASKES KNIGHTS ACADEMY

HORNIMAN SCHOOL

KNIGHTS TEMPLE GROVE ACADEMY

LUCAS VALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

MARVELS LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL

MEADOWGATE SCHOOL (LEWISHAM)

PERRYMOUNT PRIMARY SCHOOL

PRENDERGAST LADYWELL FIELDS COLLEGE

ST JOSEPHS RC PRIMARY (DEPTFORD)

CHRIST THE KING SIXTH FORM COLLEGE

SYDENHAM SCHOOL

ASHMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL

TRINITY CE SECONDARY SCHOOL

GREENVALE SCHOOL

SEDGEHILL SCHOOL

ATHELNEY PRIMARY SCHOOL

HOLBEACH PRIMARY SCHOOL

ABBEY MANOR COLLEGE

ADAMSRILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEW WOODLANDS SCHOOL

WATERGATE SCHOOL

BRENT KNOLL SCHOOL

Schools which we understand will be fully closed to pupils by the NUT action include:

BEECROFT GARDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

CHILDERIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

CLYDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE

DEPTFORD PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

GOOD SHEPHERD RC PRIMARY (LEWISHAM)

KILMORIE PRIMARY SCHOOL

THE VALE (LEWISHAM BRIDGE)

MYATT GARDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE PRIMARY (DEPTFORD)

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PRIMARY SCHOOL

JOHN BALL PRIMARY SCHOOL

ST MICHAELS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL (LEWISHAM)

ST MATTHEW ACADEMY (LEWISHAM)

ST SAVIOURS RC PRIMARY (LEWISHAM)

ST WILLIAM OF YORK RC PRIMARY SCHOOL

TIDEMILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

TORRIDON INFANT SCHOOL

CHELWOOD NURSERY

SANDHURST JUNIOR SCHOOL

EDMUND WALLER SCHOOL

RUSHEY GREEN SCHOOL

Updated lists will be posted on the Lewisham NUT homepage: https://local.teachers.org.uk/lewisham/index.cfm