what about in terms of the size of the population? two miles away, this secondary school will also mainly close as support for the strikes has grown. it s only year 11s facing gcses who will definitely be in, so i wanted to know what emmanuel and naomi think about the strikes. even in our school, we see that teachers are staying until maybe six or seven, marking books, and that s many hours, so i m feeling sympathy for the teachers. but at the same time, i m doing my mock gcses. considering we are year 115 and only just came out of covid and we are just getting back into the routine with school and everything, i think it s really going to disrupt our learning, in a way. and the progression isn t there for teachers. - for helen, a science teacher, strikes are a last resort, after a decade of her pay falling in value. it s so important to get i a good education, and yet, we are not valuing the people who give the children - that education. teachers are leaving in droves.