Teachers' strike: Schools closed across Shropshire

A further 27 schools were partially closed or shut to pupils only due to action being taken by National Union of Teachers members over school funding and teachers' contracts.

Both Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council stressed that schools had not been obliged to inform them of their plans and that more closures could be in force.

In Shropshire Council's area, the Grove Secondary School in Market Drayton, St George's Junior School in Shrewsbury, St George's Primary School in Clun, Highley Community Primary School and Bryn Offa Primary School in Pant were fully closed. Worfield Endowed Primary School was closed to pupils only, Thomas Adams School in Wem was closed for Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils only.

Schools partially closed were Bishop's Castle Primary, Bomere Heath Primary, Broseley Controlled Primary, Buntingsdale Infant, Hinstock Primary, Kinnerley Controlled Primary, Mount Pleasant Primary, Oldbury Wells School, Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary, St Andrews Primary in Nesscliffe, St Giles Primary, St Lucia's Primary and Stoke-on-Tern Primary.

In Telford & Wrekin, Charlton School in Wellington, Lightmoor Village Primary School, Woodlands Primary and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, both in Madeley, were fully closed today.

Schools partially open were High Ercall Primary, Lawley Primary, Randlay Primary, Hollinswood Primary, Redhill Primary, Sir Alexander Fleming Primary, John Fletcher of Madeley Primary, St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary, Millbrook Primary, and Hadley Learning Community's secondary school, which was open to Year 10 students only. Special schools Haughton School and the Bridge @ HLC were also partially closed.

Telford & Wrekin Council had no information about the borough's six academy schools which are no longer under its control as education authority. One of them – Telford Priory School – was closed to Years 7, 8 and 9.

Further information should appear on the councils' school closure pages throughout the day:

• Shropshire Council school closures page

• Telford & Wrekin Council school closures page

• Powys County Council school closure page

Members of the National Union of Teachers said its demands were to increase funding to schools and education, guarantee terms and conditions in all types of schools, and to resume negotiations on teacher contracts to allow workload to be addressed.

The union has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for "meaningful" discussions to tackle issues it said were negatively affecting education.

Acting general secretary Kevin Courtney said: "The NUT is aware that strike action can be disruptive to parents and carers and for that we wholeheartedly apologise. Equally, teachers do not take strike action lightly. The problems facing education, however, are too great to be ignored and we know many parents share our concerns."