School strikes impacts confirmed

Planned strikes by schools’ support staff will have a significant effect on Orkney’s schools and early learning facilities over three days next week if they go ahead.

The majority of schools and nurseries will be closed across Tuesday 26 September, Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September if the situation remains as it is.  

The following facilities will remain open:

• Willow Tree Nursery
• Strynd Nursery
• Burray Primary (Nursery closed)
• Eday Primary School and Nursery
• North Ronaldsay Primary School
• North Walls Commuinty School and Nursery
• Papa Westray Primary School and Nursery
• Rousay Primary School and Nursery
• St Andrews Primary School (Nursery closed)
• Shapinsay Primary School and Nursery
• Sanday School and Nursery

Orkney College - will remain open to senior phase pupils, and they’ll be expected to attend if transport allows.

 

The Council’s Corporate Director of Education, Leisure and Housing, James Wylie, said: “We have been working with head teachers to assess impact in each school, taking into account a range of factors, including the need to provide a safe environment for children and young people.

“Before we could give absolute clarity on which settings would be impacted, we have checked all our information with individual establishments and reviewed the information coming forward from the unions.

School support staff members in ten Scottish council areas have voted to strike in a pay dispute with the council umbrella body Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA).

Those areas include Orkney, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Western Isles, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Fife, Glasgow and Inverclyde.

Areas that are impacted include early learning services, janitorial and cleaning, school kitchens, classroom assistants and administration.

The national pay award negotiations between Scottish Government, COSLA and the Teaching Unions have not yet led to an agreement.

Willow Tree Nursery 

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Strynd Nursery:

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Burray Primary School

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Burray Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Dounby Primary School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Dounby Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Eday Primary School & Nursery

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Evie Primary School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Evie Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Firth Primary School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Firth Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Flotta Primary School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Glaitness School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Glaitness School Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Hope Primary School

• Tues 26 September - Closed.
• Wed 27 September - Closed
• Thur 28 September – Closed

Hope Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

North Ronaldsay Primary School

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

North Walls Community School

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

North Walls Nursery

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Orphir Primary School & Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Papa Westray Primary School

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Papa Westray Nursery

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Papdale Primary School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Papdale Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Rousay Primary School & Nursery

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

St Andrews Primary School

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

St Andrews Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Shapinsay Primary School

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Shapinsay Nursery

• Tues 26 September - Open.
• Wed 27 September - Open.
• Thur 28 September – Open

Stenness Primary School & Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Stromness Primary School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Stromness Primary Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Sanday Junior High School

• Tues 26 September – Open
• Wed 27 September – Open
• Thur 28 September – Open

Sanday Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Open
• Wed 27 September – Open
• Thur 28 September – Open

Stronsay Junior High School & Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Westray Junior High School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Westray Nursery

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Kirkwall Grammar School

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.

Stromness Academy

• Tues 26 September – Closed.
• Wed 27 September – Closed.
• Thur 28 September – Closed.