A school in Ipswich has announced that it will be closed and will be moving to online teaching for two days this week after strike action was announced.
Last week, it was announced that some staff at Westbourne Academy will be going on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday.
National Education Union members at the school are to picket between 7.30am and 9.30am on both days.
The strike has been organised after the union hit out at the school due to what the union branded "inadequate management of poor pupil behaviour", meaning some staff feel that they are not able to teach uninterrupted all of the time.
Westbourne Academy confirmed on its website that learning will be moved online for Years 7, 8 and 9 on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
The school will remain open for Years 10 and 11 due to upcoming exams, with full details about arrivals and finishing times on the school's website.
In June 2024 the school was inspected by Ofsted, which found the school to be 'good', but said that "some pupils still do not behave well enough around the school site and to a much lesser extent in lessons".
In the statement on the school's website, headteacher Martin Higgon said: "Whilst we have continued to make progress in this area this year, some of our staff feel that the progress we have made since last year is not secure enough for them to be able to teach uninterrupted all of the time.
"Dialogue remains open between myself, my colleagues at Academy Transformation Trust and union representatives about the implementation of our plans to continue to improve student conduct at Westbourne.
"I know our staff share my commitment to seeing this area of the school improve as quickly as possible.
"We remain optimistic that the plans we are implementing will lead to further improvements in student conduct and continue to work with our colleagues with the aim of averting further strike action."
There are also strike plans for Wednesday, May 21 and Thursday, May 22.
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