Fiona Lamdin

Parents are taking unpaid leave due to planned teacher strike action.

More Than 100,000 teachers in England and Wales are expected to over a pay dispute today.

Parents in Bristol say they have to take half A Day 's pay to look after their children as some schools close across The City .

Bristol parent Nick says his eldest daughter is allowed to go to school but his youngest daughter Addie " needs to stay home with us".

" One of us will need to take half A Day 's pay to look after Addie, " He Said .

Rose is A Teacher and mother and said she will be joining The Strike .

She Said since her youngest child will not be able to go to school, she will also take them to The Demonstration .

For other school staff, The Situation is different.

David Wiltshire, head of Kings of Wessex Academy, said: " For headteachers up and down the country it is a challenge as to whether we open The Doors of The School to students or whether we have to close down certain year groups or indeed the whole school.

" As heads we do not know which members of staff will be striking. Logistically, that is extremely challenging. "

A Bristol student said: " I Am in Year 11 now, so it is quite a big problem because lessons from now until summer go towards our final grades.

" It is quite important that We Are in school, we have missed a lot of school due to Covid already. "

Tom Bolton , the Bristol secretary of the National Education Union, said: " We have to weigh up the short-term disruption of The Strikes with what is going to be the longer-term disruption being caused by funding cuts and the recruitment and retention crisis. "

Source of news: bbc.com