A Suffolk primary school will be closed again this morning as teachers are set to strike. 

Teachers at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Sudbury will be shut on Thursday after staff that are part of the National Education Union (NEU) have decided to walk out. 

It comes after staff at the school decided to take strike action last week. 

The teaching union is blaming "exercise workload" and "constant scrutiny" for reasons as to why strike action is taking place.

NEU members at the school have said: “We are pleased that the independent investigation has now begun, and we hope that this recommends actions which will help resolve teaching staff’s concerns, which include imposition of work solutions that we feel do not meet the needs of staff and pupils.

"We have been disappointed that earlier discussions have not reached a point of agreement. The fact that further talks at ACAS are not scheduled to take place until Thursday, March 28, is a further disappointment, having said that we remain hopeful that a satisfactory resolution will be reached.”

Speaking last week, Dr Christopher Oldroyd, chair of governors at The Federation of St Edmund's & St Joseph's Catholic Primary Schools, said: "The school regrets the decision of the staff to go on strike and apologises for the inconvenience to families.

"An independent investigation has been commissioned to look into the issues and concerns raised by staff and the school leadership has offered a number of ways in which to address concerns about workload.

"The school remains keen to resolve the issues of concern to the staff and their union."