Teachers' union launches pay dispute at historic private school

Members of a teachers' union at a Leeds private school due to shut next week, have declared an industrial dispute, claiming they have been told they will not be paid for the last half-term.

- by Alex Grant

Fulneck School, Fulneck Moravian Settlement in Pudsey, will close for good from next Tuesday (July 8).

Established in 1753, the Yorkshire Evening Post broke news of the school's closure in March after a "continued decline in enrolment, combined with rising operational costs."

Now, the NASUWT teachers' union has said its members had been informed after the May half-term that the school could no longer afford to pay them, but that they must continue working until the closure - or face breaching their contracts.