Council Strikes: Is your school closed next week?
Workers in schools, early years centres and nurseries across Scotland are set to walk out next week in a row over pay.
Last updated 2nd Sep 2022
Hundreds of schools and early years establishments across Scotland are to close for three days next week due to industrial action.
Janitors, cleaning staff, catering teams and support workers are amongst those taking strike action in a row with COSLA over pay.
It means many schools will not be able to operate safely and will be forced to close.
A total of 12 councils are expecting to be hit by education and early years staff strikes.
Meanwhile, teachers in the EIS – Scotland’s largest teaching union – are also to be asked if they back taking strike action.
The following will be closed from 6th to 8th September and reopen on 9th September:
Glasgow
All primaries, nurseries and ASN schools will be closed.
Secondary schools will remain open but there will be no breakfast clubs, hot school meals or after-school care.
Inverclyde
All schools and early years centres will be closed, with no childcare or breakfast clubs available.
North Lanarkshire
All early years establishments, nurseries, primary, secondary and additional support needs schools will be closed.
Online learning will take place over the closures.
Stirling
All Stirling Council nurseries, primary schools and ASN settings will close - as will Bannockburn, Stirling and Wallace secondary schools.
South Lanarkshire
All nurseries, primaries, secondaries and ASN establishments will be closed.
Elsewhere in Scotland
Strike action is also taking place in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee and Clackmannanshire.
Aberdeenshire has not confirmed any closures and Angus council says it still expects to be able to open its schools.
Which local authorities are not striking?
No strike action is being taken in Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire or Renfrewshire.
What does COSLA say?
On Monday morning, unions recieved a new pay offer from COSLA and are set to consider it. No details of the deal have been made public as of yet.
On Thursday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stepped in to help parties reach an agreement.
Councillor Katie Hagmann, COSLA resources spokesperson said: “We remain in intense active discussions with our Trade Union colleagues.”
Hear the latest news on Clyde 1 on FM, DAB, smart speaker or the Rayo app.