Teachers strike: How schools in Sunderland and County Durham will be affected


Members of the the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will walk out on July 5 in what will be the union's first national day of action since 2014.
Teachers voted in favour of industrial action in order to address school funding and to resume negotiations on teacher contracts.
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Hide AdThe following schools in Sunderland will be closed and partially closed to pupils:
Bexhill Academy Sunderland- Nursery and reception Years 1, Year 2, Year 5 and Year 6 are closed. Year 3 and Year 4 are open.
Barnes Junior School
Broadway Junior School
Burnside Primary School
Diamond Hall Junior School- Will be closed to pupils in Year 3, one class in Year 4 and one class in Year 6. Parents have been informed.
Fulwell Junior School
Gillas Lane Primary School
Hetton School
Hetton Lyons Primary School
Hudson Primary School
St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Sunningdale School
Thornhill School Business and Enterprise College
Washington School
Blackfell Primary School
Castletown Primary School
Columbia Grange School
Easington Lane Primary School
Hetton Lyons Nursery School
Hill View Junior School
John F Kennedy Primary School
Lambton Primary School
Marlborough Primary School
Mill Hill Primary School
Richard Avenue Primary School
Rickleton Primary School
Ryhope Junior School
Seaburn Dene Primary School
Shiney Row Primary School
South Hylton Primary School
Springwell Village Primary School
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Leonard's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Robert of Newminster Roman Catholic School
Thorney Close Primary School
Wessington Primary School
Schools that will remain open in Sunderland:
Albany Village Primary School
Barmston Village Primary School
Biddick Primary School
Dame Dorothy Primary School
Dubmire Primary
East Rainton Primary School
English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Fatfield Primary School
Grange Park Primary School
Grangetown Primary School
Grindon Infant School
Hetton Primary School
Hetton-le-Hole Nursery School
Highfield Community Primary School
Hill View Infant School
Houghton Le Spring Nursery School
Hylton Red House Nursery School
Ks1 Pupil Referral Unit
Mill Hill Nursery School
Millfield Community Nursery School
Northern Saints CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
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Hide AdOur Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Oxclose Nursery School
Pennywell Nursery School
School Returners/Young Mums Provision
Southwick Community Primary School
St Bede's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St John Bosco Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St John Boste Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Joseph's Washington RC School
St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Michael's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
The Link School Pallion
The Link School Tudor Grove
Usworth Colliery Nursery School
Valley Road Community Primary School
Willow Fields Community Primary School
The following schools in County Durham will be closed and partially closed to pupils:
Acre Rigg Infant School
Belmont CE (VC) Primary School - Only class 6 is affected, the school is open for all other classes.
Dene House Primary School - Only the following classes are affected:- RecK, Y3/4D, Y5F & Y5/6L. Children in other classes are to attend as normal.
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Hide AdDurham St Margaret's CofE Primary School- The school will be closed for the following classes only: Red Class, Lilac Class and Rainbow Class. The school is open for all other classes.
Fencehouses Woodlea Primary School- closed for Y3 pupils only. All other year groups are open as normal.
Framwellgate School Durham -School will be open to students in Years 10 and 12 but closed to Years 7, 8 and 9.
Lumley Infant and Nursery School;- The nursery will remain open.
Our Lady of the Rosary RCVA Primary School
Seaham School of Technology
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Hide AdSeaham Trinity Primary School - The school is closing to all classes except Nursery, R2W Mrs Wilson, Y5F, Y6L and Y6C
Seascape Primary School
Seaview Primary- Only children from Class 7 and Class 8 should remain at home. All other children should be in school as normal.
Shotton Primary School
St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (Gilesgate) -Closed to Y2. All other classes remain open.
Westlea Primary School
Yohden Primary School- Children in n EYFS, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4 are to attend school. Children in Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 are not to attend school.