A total of 26 city schools are set to shut altogether - five secondaries, 15 primaries and six special schools.

The five secondaries which are closed are Birley, Ecclesfield, Meadowhead, Newfield and City.

A further 90 schools are only partially open, with heads giving priority to pupils who are soon to take national tests and sit exams - around 70 of these are primaries.

Only 58 schools are fully open for all children, but all the figures are provisional and could change slightly before industrial action begins.

Schools have been told by the city council to close if there are any problems maintaining their usual standards of safety and supervision.

Hundreds of schools in Derbyshire and Rotherham will also be badly hit.

Of Barnsley's 98 schools, 18 primaries and six secondaries will be close.

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The strike has been called by the National Union of Teachers in protest at a 2.45 per cent pay offer made by the Government, which their leaders point out is well below the rate of inflation.

The union is the biggest in the country and officials say more than half of Sheffield's teachers are members.

But taking part in the strike is not compulsory - it is up to teachers to make the decision for themselves, a situation which has made it harder for headteachers to judge who will be at work and who will not.

At Tapton School in Crosspool, which has 30 NUT members, Years 7, 8 and 10 will be having the day off, with classes as normal for Year 9, preparing for compulsory tests, Year 11, taking GCSEs, and the sixth form.

"Students taking tests and exams will be taught normally and our priority has been to defend their education as far as we are able," said headteacher David Bowes.

It is a similar story at Stannington's Myers Grove Secondary where only Years 9 and 11 will be in school, at Bradfield where Years 7, 8 and 10 are affected, and at High Storrs.

"We have a relatively small number of NUT members but our biggest problem is that other associations and our support staff have been told not to provide cover," Myers head John Wilkinson said.

"Because NUT members are deciding individually whether to take part I have had to try and find out what is going on from the union rep."

At Firth Park Community Arts College 28 of the 32 NUT members are planning to strike, leaving normal classes for only the Year 11s.

And at Fir Vale Secondary only two year groups will be in school as 15 out of 16 full time NUT members are backing the action.

"We are giving our Year 10s a full programme of revision to carry out at home so we feel there will be no detriment to their education," said headteacher Lesley Bowes.

But not all schools are affected. Parkwood High in Shirecliffe has only a small group of NUT members and they have decided to keep working.

And Sheffield's two City Academies at Arbourthorne and on the Manor are working as normal as their management negotiates directly with the NUT over pay, arranging separate pay deals.Sheffield NUT secretary Kath Stallard said the impact of the strike would be widespread, with most schools affected in some form."It is hard to predict exactly what will happen as this is something we haven't done for a long time - the last Sheffield strike was ten years ago,"
Ms Stallard said."Teachers are as concerned about their increasing workload as they are about pay - they feel standards in the classroom are being compromised," she added.

In Rotherham 49 schools out of the 126 will be completely closed.Schools that will be closed for the day include Broom Valley Infants, East Dene Primary and Herringthorpe Infants, to St Pius X Catholic High in Wath, Wickersley Comprehensive, Maltby Comprehensive and Wales High School.

In Barnsley, Willowgarth High School in Grimethorpe will be open to all Year 9, 10 and 11 pupils, but younger classes have been told to stay at home.Priory School in Lundwood is closed to all pupils except those in Year 10. Only Year 9 and 11 pupils at Darton High should go to school, although the Year 10 parents evening tomorrow night will go ahead as planned.There will be no classes at all at Kirk Balk School in Hoyland and Penistone Grammar will be closed to all except Year 10 youngsters.

In Derbyshire, Dronfield Infants will be shut, while Hope Valley College will only be partially open.Sheffield College is also shut tomorrow and lecturers at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology are also on strike.

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