St Ivo Academy staff to strike over 'draconian' school policy
BBC 2023-09-07 07:49:48 • 2 mins
By Nadia Gyane
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Members of a teachers' union are to strike at a school which it says has a "draconian" outlook on education.
NASUWT members will hold a lunchtime walkout on 12 September at St Ivo Academy in Cambridgeshire and plan further strike action.
Mark Burns, union executive, said the school had "a 1950s inspired behaviour policy".
Astrea Academy Trust said: "We continue to work hard to avoid any disruption to students' education."
Union members listed a number of concerns they had with the school's behaviour policy, which included "pupils must be silent in all corridors at all times".
They claim not to have professional autonomy when it comes to the style of teaching, the layout of classrooms and core routines.
