Schools closures been announced as teachers strike over pay and pensions tomorrow (Wednesday).

The Nobel School and The Valley School, both in Stevenage, are closed for the day, along with Derwent Lower School in Henlow Camp.

Several schools are partially closed including The Barclay School in Stevenage for Year 8 and 9, Fearnhill School in Letchworth GC for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10, Year 2 of Highbury Infant and Nursery School in Hitchin, Year 7 and 8 of Hitchin Girls’ School and Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Knights Templar School in Baldock.

Stevenage schools Ashtree Primary and Nursery School, Letchmore Infants and Martins Wood Primary, as well as Highover JMI and Nursery in Hitchin are partially closed.

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) confirmed that strike action is planned across the country tomorrow over national disputes around pay, pensions and working conditions.

For more information about school closures across Hertfordshire visit www.hertsdirect.org/newsevents/news/18328257/

For information on those affected in Central Bedfordshire visit www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/webApps/SOS/cbc.aspx