MORE than four-fifths of the borough's state-run schools will be shut or partially closed when teachers walk out tomorrow.
Only 12 of Ealing's 84 state-run primary, secondary, special schools and children's centres will be fully open during the action by the NUT and NASUWT unions.
The London-wide action is the third and final strike in a series of rolling regional walk-outs by the two unions which said more disruption may be planned before Christmas.
Ealing NUT secretary Nick Grant, said: “I’m proud of the support our members are showing for this action. We would expect responsible public figures like politicians to take serious heed of the depth of disenchantment among teachers.”
Although the action is officially about wage cuts and pension contribution increases, Mr Grant said it is also a protest against a raft of changes by education secretary Michael Gove. They include phonics tests for five-year-olds and spelling, grammar and punctuation tests for 11-year-olds, the scrapping of the education maintenance allowance for 16-year-olds, hiking university fees and the ‘unnecessary’ changes to the national curriculum.
Mr Grant said: “We ask parents to take a long term view of any damage to their child’s education because we feel we are blowing the whistle on a range of issues which will seriously damage students’ achievements in the future.”
Angie Bray, Conservative MP for Ealing Central and Acton, said teachers are ‘well rewarded’ with generous pensions compared to many in the private sector, and added: “Any school closure is a massive inconvenience for parents and it’s a tragedy when it takes a day out of the education of all our young people. I don’t believe teachers go into teaching to go on strike and I think it’s irresponsible of the unions to be pushing ahead.
“This country is in the process of trying to turn a corner after an economic collapse and everyone has to play a part in that.”
Acton High School Closed
Allenby Primary School Partially Open
Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery Closed
Belvue School Closed
Berrymede Infant School Partially Open
Berrymede Junior School Closed
Blair Peach Primary School Open
Brentside High School Partially Open
Castlebar School Partially Open
Christ the Saviour CofE Primary Open
Clifton Primary School Closed
Coston Primary School Closed
Dairy Meadow Primary School Partially Open
Derwentwater Primary School Partially Open
Dormers Wells High School Partially Open
Dormers Wells Infant School Closed
Dormers Wells Junior School Closed
Downe Manor Primary School Closed
Drayton Green Primary School Closed
Durdans Park Primary School Partially Open
Ealing Primary Centre Open
East Acton Primary School Partially Open
Edward Betham CofE Primary Closed
Elthorne Park High School Partially Open
Featherstone Primary Partially Open
Fielding Primary School Partially Open
Gifford Primary School Closed
Grange Primary School Partially Open
Greenfields Childrens Centre Open
Greenford High School Partially Open
Greenwood Primary School Partially Open
Grove House Children Centre Open
Hambrough Primary School Closed
Hathaway Primary School Closed
Havelock Primary School Partially Open
Hobbayne Primary School Partially Open
Horsenden Primary School Open
John Chilton School Partially Open
John Perryn Primary School Open
Khalsa VA Primary School Partially Open
Lady Margaret Primary School Partially Open
Little Ealing Primary School Partially Open
Mandeville School Partially Open
Maples Childrens Centre Open
Mayfield Primary School Partially Open
Montpelier Primary School Partially Open
Mount Carmel RC Primary School Closed
North Ealing Primary School Partially Open
North Primary School Closed
Northolt High School Partially Open
Oaklands Primary School Closed
Oldfield Primary School Partially Open
Our Lady of The Visitation RC Primary Partially Open
Perivale Primary School Closed
Petts Hill Primary School Closed
Ravenor Primary School Partially Open
Saint John Fisher RC Primary School Closed
Saint Joseph RC Primary School Partially Open
Saint Raphael RC Primary School Closed
Saint Vincent RC Primary School Partially Open
Selborne Primary School Partially Open
South Acton Childrens Centre Open
Southfield Primary School Closed
Springhallow School Closed
St Anns School Closed
St Anselm RC Primary School Closed
St Gregorys RC Primary School Closed
St Johns Primary School Closed
St Marks Primary School Closed
Stanhope Primary School Partially Open
The Cardinal Wiseman R C School Partially Open
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls Closed
The Holy Family Catholic Primary Open
The Study Centre Closed
Three Bridges Primary School Closed
Tudor Primary School Partially Open
Vicars Green Primary School Partially Open
Viking Primary School Partially Open
Villiers High School Partially Open
West Acton Primary School Closed
West Twyford Primary School Partially Open
Willow Tree Primary School Closed
Wolf Fields Primary School Partially Open
Wood End Infant School Closed