STAND WITH OUR GIRLS

Pupils and parents at a secondary school in East London have been staging counter protests after their teachers decided to go on strike during the exam season. Teachers at Connaught School for Girls have been striking on and off for 12 years, originally over pay and conditions, but parents say it is now unclear what the teachers actually want. Angela Tranter and Alia Khan who joined their daughters Jasmine and Imaan, who are in Year 10, speak to @susannareid100 and @edballs.

Moan all you like about Gen Z, but some of today’s youngsters put adults to shame. Take the pupils at Connaught School for Girls in Leytonstone, east London. Tired of their teachers going out on strike yet again, this time during exam season, children and parents have begun mounting their own counter-demonstrations. After years of disruption to their education, they are urging the grown-ups to ‘teach or quit’. A clip of Friday’s protest has been widely shared on social media. Angry pupils confront teachers who have chosen to spend the day on the picket line, rather than in the classroom. They are cross about being taught in groups of up to 60 by the headteacher in the school’s assembly hall, while their teachers – subject specialists and heads of department – parade outside. ✍️ Joanna Williams Article | spectator.com/article/the-lo…

The strikes are OFF. Turns out when YOUNG WOMEN stop staying quiet, people listen. But let this be clear: if GCSE students are abandoned again, we come back louder, harder, and bigger. Our future is not your bargaining chip.

@NEUnion we will stop you. Our girls have found their voice. @nytimes help us investigate how they have been able to hold our girls education ransom.

@NEUnion how dare you disrupt our girls exams, year on year. Shame on you. @Telegraph thank you for giving our girls a voice.

The attitude of @NEUnion rep @BBC @thetimes @itvnews @educationgovuk How has this been ALLOWED to happen to SCHOOL CHILDREN. for over a decade?

@thetimes Help us investigate how the @NEUnion has been able to hold our girls education in a chokehold for over a decade!

The @NEUnion has supported the demise of OUR girls education, for over a decade. Last week your rep told us they’d strike again and again and again. Since the girls stood up to them. You are as quiet as a mouse. We urge @educationgovuk to make sure. NEVER AGAIN.

"Credit to those young women” Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson responds to a video of teenagers counter-protesting their striking teachers and also says a NEU ballot for strike action is “premature” #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

“We filmed it. We complained. It went viral. Now the BBC is asking the Department of Education questions. Don’t look away. 🔴”

WHERE IS THE SUPPORT FOR OUR GIRLS?

WHERE IS THE SUPPORT FOR OUR GIRLS? instagram.com/reel/DYJgiJqoa…

They didn’t listen to our pleas. They are striking for another 4 weeks. They don’t care about us! instagram.com/reel/DYE-uCto9…

@BBCNews @educationgovuk @Independent

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No homework set. No homework marked. No engagement beyond the bare minimum. And a strike every year on top of it. These are girls heading into GCSEs. This is not acceptable. #StandWithOurGirls #WalthamForest