Thousands of schools across the country, including many in the Express & Star region, are expected to be closed or partially shut by Thursday’s teachers’ strike.
See below for the list of local schools affected
The walkout by members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will lead to the closure of more than 1,000 schools in England and Wales and the partial closure of at least a similar number.
At least a third of schools are set to be affected by the stoppage, which is in protest at a three-year pay deal, including 2.45% from September and rises of 2.3% in subsequent years.
Local authority leaders on Tuesday night predicted marked regional variation in the number of closures, often depending on the size of the NUT’s membership in specific areas.
Around half of schools will shut in some areas, including Bristol, 10% in regions such as Cheshire but virtually all schools in some parts, including Newham in East London.
Schools affected by the teachers’ strike on Thursday, April 24 in the Black Country and Staffordshire
WOLVERHAMPTON
Braybrook Centre
Colton Hills
Deansfield High
D’Eyncourt Primary
Eastfield Primary
Edward the Elder Primary
Elston Hall Nursery Primary
Ettingshall Nursery/Primary
Field View Primary
Hill Avenue Primary
Holy Rosary RC Primary
Kingston Centre
Loxdale Primary
Merridale Primary
Oak Meadow Primary
Pennfields Special
Smestow School
St Barts CE Primary
St Luke’s CE Primary
St Patrick’s RC Primary
Stow Heath Infant
Tettenhall Wood Special
West Park Primary
Whitgreave Junior
Windsor Nursery
Wodensfield Primary
Woodfield Infant
Partially closed
Christchurch CE Infants (Reception and Nursery closed)
Christchurch CE Junior (Year 3 closed)
Heath Park High (Year 9 closed)
Highfields (Years 7, 8 and 10 closed)
The Kings School (Years 7, 8, 9 and one group of Year 11 closed. Year 10 out until lunchtime)
Lanesfield Primary (Reception and Year 3 closed)
Moseley Park (Years 7, 8 and 10 closed. Half of Year 9 to attend from 11am until 2.10pm and the other from 11.50am until 3pm. Year 11 morning only)
Northwood Park Primary (Reception to Year 5 closed)
Oxley Primary (Year 1 and 4 closed)
Palmers Cross Primary (Year 6 closed)
Parkfield Primary (Year 6 closed)
Pendeford High (Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 closed)
Priory Green Primary (Nursery, Reception, Years 4, 5 and 6 closed)
Rakegate Primary (Six classes affected)
Springdale Infant (Reception and Nursery closed)
St Mary and St John’s Catholic Primary (Reception and Year 4 closed)
St Andrews Primary (Reception, Years 2, 5 and 6 closed and one class in Year 4)
St Anthony’s RC Primary (Nursery and class 3 and 11 closed)
St Peters CE (Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 closed)
Uplands Junior (Seven classes closed)
Wednesfield High (Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 closed)
SANDWELL
closed
Abbey Infant School, Smethwick
Albert Pritchard Infant School, Wednesbury
Bearwood Primary School, Bearwood
Blackheath Primary School, Blackheath
Brickhouse Primary School, Rowley Regis
Cape Primary School, Smethwick
Corngreaves Primary School, Cradley Heath
George Betts Primary School, Smethwick
Hamstead Junior School, Great Barr
Hargate Primary School, West Bromwich
Hateley Heath Primary School, West Bromwich
Lightwoods Primary School, Oldbury
Holy Name RC Primary School, Great Barr
Moat Farm Junior School, Oldbury
Moorlands Primary School, West Bromwich
Newtown Primary School, West Bromwich
Old Hill Primary School, Cradley Heath
Pennyhill Primary School, West Bromwich
Rowley Hall Primary School, Rowley Regis
Ryders Green Primary School, West Bromwich
St Matthew’s CE School, Smethwick
Summerhill Primary School, Tipton
Temple Meadow Primary School, Cradley Heath
Timbertree Primary School, Cradley Heath
Tipton Green Junior School, Tipton
Tividale Community Primary School, Tividale
Victoria Infant, Tipton
Warley Infant School, Warley
Wood Green Junior School, Wednesbury
Partially closed
Abbey Junior School, Warley
All Saints Primary, West Bromwich
Brandhall Primary School, Warley
Burnt Tree Primary, Tividale
Causeway Green Primary, Oldbury
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School, West Bromwich
Highfields Primary School, Warley
Holy Trinity CE Primary School, West Bromwich
Joseph Turner Primary School, Tipton
Langley Primary School, Langley
Lodge Primary School, Tipton
Rood End Primary School, Oldbury
Rounds Green Primary School, Oldbury
St Jame’s CE Primary, Wednesbury
St John Bosco RCPrimary School, West Bromwich
St Martin’s CE PRimary School, Tipton
St Mary Magdalen CE Primary School, West Bromwich
Springfield Primary School, Rowley Regis
Uplands Manor Primary School, Smethwick
Wednesbury Oak Primary, Wednesbury
Whitecrest Primary School, Great Barr
Yew Tree Primary School, Walsall
DUDLEY
CLOSED
Brockmoor Primary, Brierley Hill
Brook Primary, Stourbridge
Hurst Green Primary, Halesowen
Mount Pleasant Primary, Brierley Hill
Newfield Park Primary, Halesowen
Olive Hill Primary, Halesowen
St Mary’s Catholic Primary, Brierley Hill
Bishop Milner Catholic School, Dudley
Earls High School, Halesowen
Coseley School and Sports College, Coseley
Dormston School, Sedgley
High Arcal School, Sedgley
Hillcrest School and Community College, Dudley
Windsor High School, Halesowen
Rosewood School, Coseley
Abberley Street, Dudley
The Mere Education Centre, Stourbridge
Netherton CofE School
Sutton School
Blower School, Dudley
partially closed
Brierley Hill Primary, Brierley Hill
Church of the Acsension Primary, Kingswinford
Colley Lane Community Primary, Halesowen
Dudley Wood Primary, Dudley
Foxyards Primary, Tipton
Gig Mill Primary, Stourbridge
Howley Grange Primary, Halesowen
Kates Hill Community Primary, Dudley
Milking Bank Primary, Dudley
Oldswinford CE Primary, Stourbridge
Peters Hill Primary, Brierley Hill
Priory Primary, Dudley
Queen Victoria Primary, Dudley
Wallbrook Primary, Coseley
Wollescote Primary, Stourbridge
Castle High School, Dudley
Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge
Pens Meadow, Stourbridge
Netherton Park Children’s Centre, Dudley
St. Edmunds and St. Johns, Dudley
Alder Coppice, Dudley
Amblecote Primary
WYRE FOREST/ WORCESTERSHIRE
Closed
Abbey Park First and Nursery School
Blackminster Middle
Catshill First and Nursery
Heronswood Primary
King Charles I, Kidderminster
Walkwood CE Middle School
Westacre Middle
Partially closed
Astley Primary, near Stourport
Aston Fields Middle School
Badsey First, near Evesham
Blakedown CE Primary
Burlish Park Primary School, Stourport
Charford First School
Droitwich Spa High
Evesham High
Grimley & Holt CE Primary
Westacre Middle
CANNOCK
AND LICHFIELD
Closed
Hob Hill CE/Meth (VC) Primary School, Cannock Chase.
Greysbrooke Primary School, Lichfield
St Peter & St. Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Lichfield
St Peter’s CE (VC) Primary School, Lichfield
St Stephen’s Primary School, Lichfield
Friary School, Lichfield
partially closed
Boney Hay Community Primary School, Lichfield
Chadsmead Primary School, Lichfield
Chase Terrace Primary School, Lichfield
Chasetown Community School, Lichfield
Chasetown Specialist Sports College, Lichfield
Christ Church CE (VC) Primary School, Lichfield
Nether Stowe High School, Lichfield
Ridgeway Primary School, Lichfield
Springhill Primary School, Lichfield
St Chad’s CE (VC) Primary School, Lichfield
St Michael’s CE (VC) Primary School, Lichfield
Cannock Chase High School, Cannock
Chadsmoor Community Infant and Nursery School, Cannock
Moorhill Community Primary School, Cannock
Norton Canes Community Primary School, Cannock
St Luke’s CE (C) Primary School, Cannock
St Peter’s CE (C) Primary School, Cannock
STAFFORD
Closed
Barnsfield Primary
Tittensor CE First School
Partially closed
Castlechurch Primary
Christ Church CE Middle School
Flash Ley Primary
Leasowes Primary
Springcroft Primary
St Michael’s CE First School
St Paul’s CE Primary
Grove Primary
Walton Priory Middle School
WALSALL
Walsall Council today refused to issue a full list of closures. But among those affected are:
Closed
Barcroft Primary
Lodge Farm JMI
Birchills Primary
Brownhills West Primary
Caldmore Community Primary
Castlefort JMI
County Bridge Primary
Delves Infant
Edgar Stammers Primary
Fibbersley Park Primary
Leamore Primary
Lindens Primary
Little Bloxwich CE Primary
Moorcroft Wood Primary
Partially closed
Bentley Drive Primary
Blue Coat Junior
Busill Jones Primary
Elmore Green Primary
Greenfield Primary
Harden Primary
Millfield Primary
Mossley Primary
New Invention Junior
Aldridge School
Alumwell Business &
Enterprise College
Barr Beacon Language College
Blue Coat Performing Arts Specialist College
Brownhills Community Technology College
Darlaston Community Science College
Pool Hayes Arts & Community College
Queen Mary’s High
Shelfield Sports and Community College
*Where a site is partially affected, parents are advised to call the school to find out the full details



















14 Comments
Ridiculous.Just shows how much they care about the children’s education.Notice they go on strike when the weather’s nice not in middle of winter.Don’t they get enough time off?Suppose they’ll tell us they spent the day marking or preparing lessons.
mmmmm they moan about truancy!!! they should be leading by example!! education is already on the slide….if everybody in every trade went on strike to try and get their own way the country would be at a standstill!!! muppets, get back 2 work and teach the kids something for a change!!!
Ref comment 1. Obviously your 24/7 child care just failed and thats why you are stressed. If comments 1 & 2 gave as much support to teachers as they do moaning then perhaps things would be better. A little honesty folks about the number of days you’ve lost or given “parental” aggreement too compared with 1 day lost through a genuine grievance. If its so easy to teach, if its so easy to control 30 kids at a time, if the holidays are so good why don’t you two get off your backsides and go into teaching.
I wonder whether the parents complaining about the teachers’ strike attend Parents Evenings - or do they simply view school as a convenient baby-sitting service? I live next to a school and regularly see many teachers arriving at 7:30 a.m. and leaving well after 5p.m. I would have thought that most dedicated parents would be pleased with the opportunity to spend a few more hours with their own children!
For “Stressed Parent”, see work shy layabout. Note the time of the post.
I suppose your interaction with your kids centre around the conversation to which Wii game they want on the telly in their bedroom when they get home, followed by what take away they would like tonight!
You haven’t a clue.
As a Civil Servant who will also be on stike tomorrow, the way public sector employees is a disgrace.
Beware Mr Brown, you’ll be out of a job by Xmas. We put you in power, we’ll get you out.
ALL OUT PUBLIC SERVICE STRIKE IS COMING!
I cannot believe the schools are striking!! Ridiculous! As if 13 weeks holiday a year PLUS 5 extra training days IN TERM is not enough time off school for our children AND the teachers,they have to have a moan about pay too, which is considerably better than that of other 48 week a year workers like me and many others, with only 4 weeks holiday a year! We have to pay extra childcare in these holidays, which is not cheap, I have 2 children and have to pay £240 a week in school holidays, thats £48 a day, which I will have to pay extra tomorrow, thats a weeks shopping money!! Obviously I understand that the teaching profession is a one which requires lots of academic qualifications and years of tutorage and examinations but so do many other professions and you dont see many of them running out at the slightest thing! The fact is that this is our childrens education that is suffering,(never mind that they are the future of our country which seems to be getting over run by other nationalities better educated offspring)and these teachers and staff that CHOSE this profession are more concerned with lining their pockets than actually educating the next generation, what example does this set to our children! Have another day off because 13 weeks isn’t enough, go on you deserve it! Do you?? I really could go on and on about this, as I feel our country is letting our children down very badly in the education stakes and this is just another reason. Mountain wolf, you are obviously NOT a parent, yes some teachers go in at 730am and finish later, but that is mainly due to after school clubs and in school childcare, which is not cheap, and the staff get paid extra for in most cases!! YES I do attend parents evenings, and NO I do not see school as free childcare, I work full time and rush around juggling 2 jobs, kids and their care, and pig headed curtain twitchers such as yourself will never realise as you need to actually have children to realise! There are many conscientious parents such as myself out there that are working to give our children a better future, but there must be other ways of getting the point across rather than depriving our children of the education that they need, deserve and that us taxpayers actually pay for!
Arghhhhhhhhh!!!
Your comment contains so many inaccuracies that I will not even dignify it with reason.
hmmmm arriving at work at 7.30 am and leaving at 5? sounds like a normal job to me.
How dare you criticise ’stressed parent’.
I honestly thought this would be a reasonable ‘debate’ and you turn it into a character assassination! All comments are aimed at the teaching profession, not you personally Keith Curle’s Big To, yet you stoop to child like behaviour. And you are a teacher? Because i can tell you are definitely not a parent.
Teachers get lots of holidays, more than any career, yes you do have to do work at home but what do you think i do after a days work? I have to come home (at 6pm) and cook, clean, wash, bath 2 toddlers, help with homework and everything else that us working parents do. It’s 10pm before i even get to sit down.
And you moan because you don’t get paid enough while having 13 weeks holiday a year??!!
I must explain the time of my post too as you seem to need reassurances that everyone else is busy at work….. today is my twins birthday so i have booked a day off.
do i see school as free childcare? No, it’s meant to be a free education to which all children are entitled to. What a stupid comment!!
And bob, why don’t i go into teaching…. hmmmm let me see…… it wasn’t my career choice, i have no desire to be a teacher. If you don’t like your career then leave.
Maybe it’s true what they say…… those who can’t, teach.
I wonder how understanding you will be come summer time and you want to jet off on your hols (in your 6 weeks!!! summer holiday) and the airport staff are on strike?
Education is not free. If you pay income tax this should be blindingly obvious!
it sure isn’t free! i thought it was also obvious that i meant we don’t have to pay ’school fees’ as in private schooling or college. YOU implied that parents see it as free babysitting. Your comment makes it sound as if parents ‘palm’ our children off on teachers just so that we can have a few hours rest. to be honest you sound like a very bitter teacher (are you a teacher? i suspect so) who really doesn’t like his job or even children for that matter.
Dear Ranty Pants…..the name seems to fit. Teachers are Parents to. Your child care seems very cheap, where is it so I can take advantage. I think you forgot the little matter of Government financial help with child care or do you earn so much that this is zero for you? As for critisism of “stressed parent”, its simple , when you stick your head above the parapet….expect to get it shot off !
for 3,4,5 i havent got any children, and like many other people have pointed out, teachers get enough holidays in the year, more than anyone else!!! parents do not see schools as free childcare, incase you hadnt forgotton, int the law that children attend school??? mmmmm
Ah so stressed parent is actually Helen. Helloo Hellen. No I don,t teach and as for your career choices… no comment… pity you can’t do the same for others. Re my hols… such staff strikes don,t effect private jets.. especially when you are the pilot.. Have a nice day!