TEACHERS have called off a second day of strike action at Chepstow School for talks to take place between their union and Monmouthshire council education chiefs.

NASUWT union members went on strike last week on Tuesday, April 17, to protest what they call "adverse management practices” at the school.

They were due to walk out again on Thursday (April 26) for the second of eight one-day strikes, but have now agreed to talk that day as a “gesture of goodwill".

A council spokesman said it was “pleased” the talks had the “necessary time to work.” while the union said the decision offered members “breathing space.”

Monmouthshire council has urged the school and the union to "put the interests of the pupils first and to sort this out."

Chris Keates, General Secretary of NASUWT, said: "Our members have offered this breathing space so that constructive dialogue can take place.”

In 2015, a group of former teachers called for an independent inquiry into the running of Chepstow School, raising concerns about “management procedures.”