The picket line outside Elmwood School in Rushall, Walsall, where some members of staff have been on strike since March against plans for the special school to join Matrix Academy Trust.
00:00Hi, I'm Matt. I'm here today from the National Education Union to support our members at Elmwood School who are protesting and being on strike now for over 45 days. Protesting to say that they want to keep Elmwood as Elmwood School. A publicly owned, publicly run by the community, for the community, for the children. Put the children first before corporate profits because that's what they want. They want to stand together for the children at this school and not let any other corporation come and take it over.
