[Ammi]

..the thing about it is that I have never met any teacher that wanted to strike or was happy to do it, they have no choice..or the ones who are in a union don't..it disrupts their whole timetable for the term as they still have to try to fit those lessons in anyway, which isn't easy and they don't support any time that is taken from the children's learning..the same with holidays in term time..?..most school staff don't support that either but they do understand that costs and other factors would make it impossible for some families to have a holiday any other way, whereas education welfare look at it very 'black and white' and you just don't do it for whatever the reason..I will say as well that fines are only enforced if schools ask for a penalty notice, which is the first step and many schools refuse to do request one...