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Teacher strikes: More schools than ever unable to fully open in England

More schools than ever were unable to fully open in England's latest teachers' strike, Department for Education (DfE) data suggests.

Teachers belonging to the National Education Union (NEU) took part in their fifth day of national strike action on Tuesday.

Members of four teaching unions have rejected a pay offer which ministers said was "fair and reasonable".

The NEU is considering three further days of strike action in the summer.

Based on the 16,400 schools which submitted attendance data:

  • only 45.3% of schools were fully open on Tuesday
  • 49.8% were open but restricting attendance
  • 4.9% were closed.

Read the full article on the BBC here.