SCHOOLS could be shut due to strikes again later this year as a Bucks teaching union launched a scathing attack on the Government.
Industrial action is pencilled in for Autumn and will take place unless resolution talks with Ministers bear fruit.
Scores of schools closed in June and November 2011 around Buckinghamshire, with teachers angry over pay and conditions.
The National Union of Teachers claims the Government’s proposals to change the current pay system and to further link staff's pay to performance will be disastrous for education. They believe the measures will hit teacher recruitment and retention, demotivate teachers and waste time and money in schools. It will hit at new recruits in the first years of teaching and hamper recruitment, the union said.
Annette Pryce, Bucks County Secretary of the NUT, said about the planned strikes: "We know that parents may feel unhappy with this decision, but teachers do not take this decision lightly.
"This government is wrecking your child's future, the education system is being squeezed and sold off for parts by an ideologue incessantly trying to bring education back into the 1950's.
"The Secretary of State for education has demoralised, degraded, criticised and stood on the teaching profession persistently since he took office, the teaching profession have had enough."
Ms Pryce believes some teachers could face discrimination as a result of the Goverment's policy.
She said: "There is a very real danger that teachers who move school, or if their face doesn't fit, or if they are women who took a career break or moved schools may be discriminated against by schools who are desperate to save money."
The Department for Education provided a statement, which read: "We are very disappointed that the unions have decided to take strike action, which less than a quarter of teachers actually voted for.
"Industrial action will disrupt pupils' education, hugely inconvenience parents and damage the profession's reputation in the eyes of the public at a time when our reforms are driving up standards across the country.
"We think giving schools the freedom to reward good performance is much fairer than current arrangements which see the vast majority of teachers automatically getting a pay rise each year. We have met frequently with the NUT and NASUWT to discuss their concerns and will continue to do so."
