A total of 18 schools across Merton will be affected tomorrow as teachers go on strike.

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the University and College Union (UCU) have called a one day regional strike in London on Wednesday, March 28, to protect their pensions.

Members will march through central London from Malet Street at 11.45am through through Bloomsbury, down Shaftesbury Avenue, along Charing Cross Road, down Whitehall and across Parliament Square to the Department for Education (DfE) where there will be a rally at about 1pm.

NUT General Secretary, Christine Blower, said: "Teachers cannot be expected to do anything other than defend the right to a pension which they have paid into in good faith and which the Government has shown no evidence that they are either unsustainable or unaffordable.

"No teacher wants to be in this position. Pension increases are just an extra tax on teachers, when the top rate of tax is being cut.

"It is the Government’s intransigence and total disregard of the facts that has forced teachers to continue with this action."

Schools affected in Merton include:
All Saints' CofE Primary School
Benedict Primary School
Gorringe Park Primary School
Hatfield Primary School
Hillcross Primary School
Liberty Primary
Malmesbury Primary School
Merton Abbey Primary School
Poplar Primary School
Raynes Park High School
Rutlish School
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
St John Fisher RC Primary School
St Mark's Church of England Academy
St Matthew's CofE Primary School
St Peter And Paul Catholic Primary School
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
St Thomas Of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Ursuline High School Wimbledon

For more information visit merton.gov.uk/learning/schools/schoolclosures