Dear parent/carer,

As you may be aware, two of the teacher unions, the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), intend to carry out industrial action over the national pay offer and their members plan to strike on Wednesday 7 December 2022.

I wanted to get in touch with you directly as the impact of the industrial action may mean that you will need to consider additional childcare arrangements on that day.

We have made an assessment on the impact this will have on our school and due to capacity and resourcing issues the school will be closed to pupils on Wednesday 7 December 2022.

S4 pupils sitting prelim exams in Geography, Modern Studies or Business Management on Wednesday morning should attend school to sit their exams.  Further details will be issued to them on Monday.

As the school facilities will be closed to children and young people, there will not be any school meal provision on site, and there will not be any school transport, breakfast clubs or school crossing patrols on Wednesday 7 December 2022.

We will be contact next week regarding online learning for pupils.

Families in receipt of free school meals on the basis of low income will be reimbursed via a direct payment to bank accounts or via Paypoint voucher to postal addresses which may take up to five working days.

As you will understand, this is a situation that may be subject to change and I will inform you at the first opportunity if there are further changes to the school day.

Please visit the council’s website with the most up to date information on www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/industrial-action.

Regards,

Mrs McDermott

Head Teacher