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Hundreds of schools across the capital could find their doors closed as the teachers' strike planned for Thursday looks set to go ahead.

Figures obtained by the BBC indicated that 159 primary, 43 secondary and 14 special schools across the capital could shut for the strike.

The inquiry revealed that another 77 primary and nine secondary schools will be partly closed.

There are still other councils who have not yet confirmed whether they will shut their doors.

The Local Government Association surveyed 53 councils across the country on Tuesday over the possible scale of the disruption. Based on its figures, around a third of schools will be affected, with 15 per cent forced to close.

According to other reports, around 6,000 schools across the country are expected to be closed or partially shut as a result of Thursday's action, Union members are protesting at a three-year pay deal including 2.45 per cent from September and rises of 2.3 per cent in subsequent years. The union is demanding a 4 per cent pay rise every year until 2010.

An employers' leader has warned the strike will damage pupils' revision for SATs, GCSE and A-level.

Ivan Ould, chair of the National Employers' Organisation for School Teachers, said: "Children so close to their exams will lose out on invaluable study time and parents will lose out as they are forced to take unnecessary holiday to look after them."

Schools minister Jim Knight said that giving in to the demands of striking teachers would not be "credible", adding that it would now be difficult to persuade them to call off the strike

10:25am Wednesday 23rd April 2008

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