More than 100 schools across the district are closed or partially closed today as teachers stage a strike over pay and conditions.

Members of the National Union of Teachers in Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees attended a rally in Bradford city centre over what they see as “excessive” workloads and changes to pensions.

And the councillor in charge of children’s services at Bradford Council said he  supported the teachers, whom he believes are becoming disenfranchised by Government policies.

A total of 110 schools in the Bradford district had announced they would either remain shut for the day or run a limited service. Many schools in Calderdale, Kirklees and Leeds were also shut.

Bradford city centre was the focus of today’s protest, as more than 100 teachers from the three local education authorities joined a march through the city centre which started in Centenary Square at 11am.

It was led by a bagpipe player and it was followed by a rally in the Hilton hotel.

Among issues the union is striking over are proposals to have teachers work until 68, hours worked, changes to pensions and performance-related pay.

Councillor Ralph Berry, executive member for children’s services at Bradford Council, said: “This strike reflects the growing sense of frustration teachers have with the attacks on terms and conditions, including their pensions being attacked.

"I share their concerns and while I regret it has caused strike action across the country there are serious problems with recruiting and retaining teachers."

The strike was condemned by the Department for Education, and the NUT will not be joined by sister union NASUWT – which last month voted to continue negotiating with the Government rather than strike.

A DfE spokesman said: “Parents will struggle to understand why the NUT is pressing ahead with strikes over the Government’s measures to let heads pay good teachers more.

“Despite constructive engagement with their concerns, the NUT is taking action that will disrupt parents’ lives, hold back children’s education and damage the reputation of the profession.”

Ian Stevenson, NUT regional secretary, said: “NUT members have been out on the streets and in market places talking to parents. The support we have had has been fantastic.

“Teachers’ levels of workload are unacceptable. The Government’s own survey showed that primary teachers work nearly 60 hours per week and secondary teachers nearly 56 hours a week.”

The current list of schools affected in the Bradford district is as follows:

Addingham Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed to students in reception and year one.

Aire View Infant School - full closure.

All Saints' CE Primary School (Bradford) - full closure.

Nell Bank residential for year four still going ahead.

All Saints' CE Primary School (Ilkley) - partial closure.

All pupils to attend except 6T and 6W.

Allerton Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to reception, years one, three and four.

Atlas Community Primary School - partial closure.

Reception and years one, two and three closed

Beckfoot School - partial closure.

Closed to years eight, nine and ten.

Belle Vue Boys' School - partial closure.

Closed to students in years seven to ten.

Ben Rhydding Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to all pupils apart from those in years two and five.

Blakehill Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to students in classes 6R, 4W and 5D. Mrs Davidson's Maths Gifted & Talented after school club will be cancelled but all other after school clubs will be going ahead as usual.

Brackenhill Primary School - full closure.

Bradford Central PRU - full closure.

Bradford District PRU - partial closure.

Burley & Woodhead CE Primary School- partial closure.

Closed to reception class and years three and four.

Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College - partial closure..

Closed to years seven, eight and nine.

Carlton Bolling College - - full closure.

Carrwood Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to RECP2, YR1G, YR1A, YR2D, YR2A, YR4P, YR5 and Amber and Phoenix unit.

Chellow Heights Special School - full closure.

Clayton CE Primary School - partial closure.

Copthorne Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to nursery, 1R, 1 Oak, 2 Elm and 5 Willow.

Crossflatts Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to all but nursery and years five and six.

Breakfast Club, school lunch and Crazy Cats After School Club will be provided as normal.

Crossley Hall Primary School - full closure.

Cullingworth Village Primary School - full closure.

Denholme Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to pupils in reception class and year six.

Dixons Marchbank Academy - partial closure.

Closed to all but nursery, reception, year three, year six and year five Mexico.

Eastwood Primary School - partial closure.

Open for pupils in KS1, Y4 and Y6.

Eldwick Primary School - full closure.

Fagley Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to nursery, reception, years two, three and five.

Farnham Primary School - full closure.

Fearnville Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to year two Elephants Class and year six Falcons Class.

Feversham College - partial closure.

School closed to year seven and eight students.

Frizinghall Primary School - partial closure.

Open to afternoon nursery, 3Y, 3J, 4K, 5J, 6A and 6S.

Breakfast Clubs and all activities in the Community Room will operate as normal.

Girlington Primary School - partial closure.

School closed to two groups of special needs pupils.

Greengates Primary School - full closure.

Grove House Primary School - full closure

Hanson School - full closure.

Year ten GCSE Art students will be in taking an Art GCSE practical examination in the morning, which will be manned by external invigilators alongside staff who are not taking part in the industrial action.

Haworth Primary School - partial closure.

Open as normal for pupils in nursery, reception, years three and six.

Hazelbeck Special School - partial closure.

Closed to children from Skyblue, Orange and Pink bases

Heaton Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to classes RL, RC, BT3, BS3, BH3, BD4, BF4. The Acorn Centre is also closed.

High Crags Primary School - full closure.

Hill Top CE Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to Key Stage two.

Hirst Wood Nursery School - full closure.

Hollingwood Primary School - partial closure.

Holybrook Primary School - full closure.

The Horizons Centre will also be closed.

Holycroft Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to nursery, Yr 2 CP, year three, year four, Yr 5 FT. Closed to year six in the morning.

Home Farm Primary School - partial closure.

Horton Grange Primary School - full closure.

Horton Park Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to Reception Class - RB (Bumblebees) and year two class - 2B (Panthers).

Hothfield Junior School - partial closure.

Closed to years three, four and six.

Keighley St Andrew's CE Primary School - partial closure.

Nursery is closed.

Killinghall Primary School - full closure.

Knowleswood Primary School - full closure.

Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College - partial closure.

Open to students in years 11 and 13 only from 9.20am. College will close to students at 2.45pm.

Lapage Primary School and Nursery - partial closure.

Closed to nursery and years four and five.

Ley Top Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to class 2EJ.

Lilycroft Nursery School - partial closure.

Lilycroft Primary School partial closure.

The following classes must still attend - 2ML, 2DH, 3ML, 3DH, 4SL, 5ML, 6ML. 4SL will still be going to Nell Bank Lister Primary School - partial closure.

Year one visit to go ahead.

Lister Primary School - partial closure.

Year One visit to go ahead

Long Lee Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to children in 1B, years five and six.

Lower Fields Primary School - partial closure.

Open to nursery, reception blue and red, Class 1M, Class 1H, Class 2C, Class 3C, Class 4C.

Margaret McMillan Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed for the following classes; Mars, Mercury, Neputne, Sharman, Hawking, Galileo, Hockney, Newton, Pankhurst and Fibonacci Nessfield Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed to children in Classes four and nine.

Nessfield Primary School - partial closure 

School closed to classes four and nine.

Newhall Park Primary School - full closure.

Oakbank School - partial closure.

Year seven open all day, year eight closed all day, year nine closed all day, year ten open from 11am, year 11 open all day, year 12 open all day, year 13 open all day.

Oakworth Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to 1 Dolphins, 2 Tigers and 4 Panthers.

Oastler's School - full closure.

Our Lady & St Brendan's Catholic Primary School - partial closure.

School closed for reception and year three.

Oxenhope CE Primary School - partial closure.

School closed to year one.

Parkland Primary School - full closure.

The Albion Famliy Centre and the Parkland Children's Centre will be open as normal.

Parkside School - partial closure.

Closed for years seven, eight, nine and ten.

Parkwood Primary School - partial closure.

Only year five will be closed - all other classes remain open.

Peel Park Primary School - full closure.

Phoenix Special School - partial closure.

Letters have been sent to parents to inform them if their child is not expected in school due to Teacher's Strike.

PTS has been informed which children will not be in school.

Poplars Farm Primary School - partial closure.

Additional notes: The school will be closed to pupils in Years 1 ,2 and 5 due to the NUT strike action.

The school will be open for all other pupils in Years 3,4,,6, Reception and Nursery.

Queensbury School - partial closure.

Additional notes: The school will be closed to years seven to 11.

Saltaire Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to classes 2G, 3C, 5C and 6P.

Sandal Primary School and Nursery - partial closure.

Closed to nursery AM & PM, RW, 1F, 6H and 6E.

Shipley CE Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed to pupils in year one.

Shirley Manor Primary School - partial closure.

Year five trip still going ahead. Breakfast and after school club still open. Tri-golf still on after school for KS1 pupils.

Southmere Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to reception Ash, year two Silver Birch, year three Chestnut, year four Willow.

Springwood Community Primary School - full closure.

St Columba's Catholic Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to classes 1RW, 2CR, 2LG, 5MD and 5CP.

St Cuthbert & the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary - partial closure.

Closed to Nursery, Reception, years one, two, five and six.

St Edmund's Nursery School & Children's Centre - partial closure.

St Francis' Catholic Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to years two and five.

St James' Church Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed for all pupils except year six.

St Joseph's Catholic College - partial closure.

Closed to years seven, eight, nine and ten.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Bingley) - partial closure.

Closed to reception class, years four and five.

St Matthew's Catholic Primary School - partial closure.

The following classes will be closed: F1, F2, Y1 and Y4.

St Matthew's CE Primary School - partial closure.

St Oswald's CE Primary Academy - partial closure

Class 4W is closed.

St Stephen's CE Primary School - partial closure.

The Willow building will be closed to all pupils.

St William's Catholic Primary School - full closure.

St Winefride's Catholic Primary - full closure.

Stanbury Village School - partial closure.

Closed to classes one, two and three.

Steeton Primary School - full closure.

Thackley Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to pupils in Reception – blue Roaring Rockets class only.

Thornbury Primary School - full closure.

Thornton Grammar School - partial closure.

Open as normal for Post 16 students Thornton Primary School - partial closure.

Thornton Primary School - partial closure.

Thorpe Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed to years one, two, three and five. No after-school multi-skills session.

Titus Salt School - partial closure.

The school is closed for years nine and ten.

Tong High School - partial closure.

The school will be closed to years seven to ten, but will remain open for year 11 and all Post 16 students who should attend as normal.

Victoria Primary School - partial closure.

School will be closed to students in year two.

Wellington Primary School - partial closure.

School closed for 1S, 2M, 2L, 3B and 5J due to teachers' strike action.

Westbourne Primary School - partial closure.

Only children in afternoon Nursery, Reception M and 5W should go to school.

Westminster CE Primary School - full closure.

Wibsey Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to R1, R3, 1-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2.

Wilsden Primary School - partial closure.

Closed to calsses 1HB, 2RW, 3RE, 4JK, 4JW, 5HI, 6LS.

Worth Valley Primary School - full closure.

For closures in Kirklees visit
http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/community/education-learning/schoolclosure/Closurelist.aspx?tomorrow=1

For Closures in Calderdale visit
http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/education/closures/status.jsp?establishment=SCH&offset=0#results

For school closures in Leeds visit
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/residents/Pages/School-closures.aspx