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Teachers: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with teachers' unions on strike action during the GCSE exam period.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
20 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with teachers' unions on strike action during the GCSE exam period.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    There is currently no national industrial action taking place in schools. There is no requirement for schools to report instances of local industrial action in schools and the department does not collect data on local strike action.The department’s guidan...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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