Teachers are set to strike next month in protest against school funding cuts and “unmanageable and exhausting” workloads.

The Bucks National Union of Teachers (NUT) will join the one day strike on July 5. 

They want to see an increase funding to schools and education, guarantee terms and conditions in all types of schools and to continue negotiations on teacher contracts.

Annette Pryce, Bucks NUT Division Secretary said teachers cannot be expected to go on without “significant change.”

She said: “As a result of school funding cuts, class sizes in primary and secondary schools are increasing, subject choices are being cut, and children are getting less individual attention as teachers and support staff are made redundant or not replaced when they leave.

“There is worse to come, with the Institute of Fiscal Studies predicting that the biggest real terms cuts to per pupil funding in a generation are on the way.

“There is already a teacher recruitment and retention crisis in our schools, especially in this county. Without significant change to the pay and working condition of teachers, this will simply deepen. We know that many parents share our concerns.”

The Bucks NUT also denounced the Government's plans for decisions on pay and working conditions to be made at school level if they turn all schools into academies.

Ms Pryce said: “School leaders’ attention should be on educating children, not squandering huge amounts of time on negotiating individual staff members’ contracts.

“After a period of turmoil in Bucks education, there needs to be a sense of stability in the county.”