Isle of Wight teacher strike picket line photos

Many are partially closed.

Members of the NEU teaching union are calling for funded pay rises for teachers, as schools find themselves footing the bill from their already dwindling resources.

Teachers are also due to walk out on March 15 and 16.

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The government has condemned the strike action.

• Read more: Why teachers will strike on March 2 and how schools will be affected

Teachers with placards outside Carisbrooke College on the Isle of Wight. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)

Above: Hope Isaac Richard Rice and Joanne Harvey. Below: Stuart Brenchley and Dermott Foley.

Stuart Brenchley and Dermott Foley outside Christ the King College in Carisbrooke this morning (Thursday, March 2). (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)

Isle of Wight NEU president, Claire Rennie, who is a teacher at Christ the King College, told the Isle of Wight County Press today: "We have had a positive response. Lots of honking of horns, lots of thumbs up, people stopping and talking to us.

"It's been fantastic.

 "We are disappointed there has been no revised offer from the government." 

Brock the dog. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)

Mark Chiverton from Unison. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)

This morning, Katy Bell, head of business and criminology at Ryde Academy and NEU district secretary, told us: "We're fighting for better funding.

"As you know, on the Isle of Wight, we have a high need pupils whose needs aren't being met.

We're seeing cuts to budgets. Teachers are buying glue sticks and at the same time they have seen their pay decrease since 2010. They're taking home 20 per cent less since them.

"We feel passionately we have to come out and keep the protest going. We want the government to negotiate sensibly.

"At some schools, more teachers have come out this time round."   

Teachers with placards outside Ryde Academy. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)

Teachers outside The Bay CE on Thursday, March 2. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)

Buddy the dog, outside Ryde Academy. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press.)