A teachers‘ strike which has closed a secondary school for a week was today branded as “corporate abuse” of children’s rights.

Talks to end a school strike triggered after a pupil allegedly assaulted a teacher adjourned today without settlement.

Talks to resolve a strike at a school in the North, triggered after a pupil allegedly assaulted a member of staff, broke up without agreement tonight.

An end to a teaching strike which has left hundreds of Northern Ireland school pupils out of class may be in sight, the Stormont education committee claimed today.

Hundreds of school students in Co Down have been sent home for a second day running due to a dispute over a pupil who allegedly assaulted a teacher.