Some staff at an Ipswich school are to go on strike next week due to what they branded "inadequate management of poor pupil behaviour".
National Education Union members at Westbourne Academy are to picket between 7.30am and 9.30am on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The union has hit out at the school, saying the issue has been raised "continually for over a year", and that it is affecting "the learning of the majority of well-behaved students".
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Paul McLaughlin, regional secretary for the National Education Union, said: "Our union members only take strike action reluctantly and where all other steps have been tried to resolve issues.
"They are now frustrated and exasperated that despite these issues being raised repeatedly, the school has failed to act to ensure members of staff can feel safe at work.
"We call on management to put in place adequate arrangements to ensure the well-being of students and staff."
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