Heads vote for walkouts

HEAD teachers have voted for potential strikes over funding.

The National Association of Head Teachers could ballot members on walkouts over the next two years.

The union passed a motion at its conference in Telford yesterday to ‘explore options... up to and including industrial action’ to address the ‘funding crisis’ in schools.

The Department for Education said: ‘The core schools and high needs budget is rising to a record £43.5 billion by 2019-20.’