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NASUWT teachers in Scotland went on strike in January

By Alice Evans

BBC News

More teacher strikes could hit schools in England, after a second education union voted to walk out over pay.

The NASUWT union said 88.5% of around 122,000 balloted members voted for strike action, with a 51.9% turnout.

Teaching unions in England want an above-inflation pay rise that is funded by the government rather than coming out of schools' existing budgets.

The Department for Education (DfE) says it has already made a "fair and reasonable" pay offer.

A larger union, the National Education Union (NEU), has already held seven national strike days since February and is re-balloting members for more action in the autumn.

On each of those days, about half of schools have had to close or partially close.

During the most recent NEU strikes, last week, most state schools in England restricted access to pupils or were fully closed, according to DfE figures. More were fully closed on Friday (8%) than Wednesday (6%).