As a parent of a child at Whitecross school, Lydney, I was concerned by the recent Ofsted report putting the school into special measures.

I went to the special meeting the school arranged and listened to what the headmaster had to say. If what he says will happen to get the school back on track, all well and good.

What I found out today has only compounded my utter disgust with the school. They will be coming out on strike when the unions hold their national strike on Wednesday November 30.

Surely with the mess the school is in they cannot afford to waste a day of our children's education.

This school must get it's priorities right.

– Name and address supplied.