Thousands of public sector workers in Lambeth are on strike today in a row over pensions.

Some 76 per cent of schools in the borough are closed, a further 17 per cent partially closed, in what is expected to be the biggest national strike since 1926.

Hundreds of protesters are due to march through Windrush Square in Brixton this morning, led by members of Unison and the National Union of Teachers.

Ahead of the march, Brixton resident Xanthe Whittaker said she was backing the teachers on strike after her 14-year-old son Jackson, who has special educational needs, was told his extracurricular club was being cut due to lack of funding.

She said: “I want my child to be taught by teachers who are happy in the jobs and well paid.

“The pensions changes amount to a massive pay cut for them. They are a way to get the teachers to pay for a crisis caused by the bankers.

“As a parent I cannot go on strike to defend education, but I want to show my support to those who do- government cuts have affected me personally.”

Fellow Brixton resident Andrea Gibbons, a student at the London School of Economics, said: “This is a strike against all cuts. Students have been hit hard by cuts with increases in student fees and cuts in the Education Maintenance Allowance.

“It is shocking that students are paying more even though programs are being cut and that teachers are being paid less and losing their pensions.”

Jon Rogers, Unison secretary for Lambeth, said: “No one wants to go on strike and in the third year of a pay freeze our members can hardly afford to lose the money.

“However, the Government want to make us work longer and pay more to get less when we retire and – if they get away with it – we believe that they could destroy our pension funds all together.”

List of schools and nurseries on strike today:

Primary Schools

Allen Edwards Primary School - Partially Open

Archbishop Sumner CE Primary School - Closed

Ashmole Primary School - Closed

Bonneville Primary School - Closed

Christ Church (Brixton) CE Primary School - Closed

Christ Church CE (Streatham) Primary School - Closed

Clapham Manor Primary School - Closed

Corpus Christi (Academy) - Closed

Crown Lane Primary School - Closed

Durand (Academy) - Not Known Elm Wood Primary School - Closed

Fenstanton Primary School - Closed

Glenbrook Primary School- Closed

Granton Primary School - Closed

Heathbrook Primary School - Closed

Henry Cavendish Primary School - Closed

Henry Fawcett Primary School - Closed

Herbert Morrison Primary School - Closed

Hill Mead Primary School - Closed

Hitherfield Primary School - Closed

Holy Trinity CE Primary School - Closed

Immanuel & St Andrew CE Primary School - Closed

Johanna Primary School ( Academy) - Closed

Jubilee Primary School - Closed

Julian's Primary School - Closed

Kings Avenue Primary School - Partially Open

Kingswood Primary School- Closed

Lark Hall Primary School - Closed

Loughborough Primary School - Partially Open

Macaulay CE Primary School- Closed

Reay Primary School - Closed

Richard Atkins Primary School - Closed

Rosendale Primary School - Closed

St. Andrew's CE Primary School - Closed

St. Andrew's RC Primary School - Closed

St. Anne's RC Primary School - Closed

St. Bede's Catholic Infants School- Closed

St. Bernadette Catholic Junior School- Closed

St. Helen's RC Primary School - Closed

St. John's (Angell Town) CE Primary School - Closed

St. John the Divine CE Primary School - Closed

St. Jude's CE Primary School - Closed

St. Leonard's CE Primary School - Closed

St. Luke's CE Primary School - Closed

St. Mark's CE Primary School - Closed

St. Saviour's CE Primary School - Closed

St. Stephen's CE Primary School - Closed

Stockwell Primary School - Closed

Streatham Wells Primary School - Closed

Sudbourne Primary School - Closed

Sunnyhill Primary School - Closed

Telferscot Primary School - Closed

Vauxhall Primary School - Closed

Walnut Tree Walk Primary School - Closed

Woodmansterne Primary School - Partially Open

Wyvil Primary School - Closed

Secondary schools

Archbishop Tenison's CE School - Closed

Bishop Thomas Grant RC School - Closed

Charles Edward Brooke School - Partially Open

Dunraven School - Partially Open

Evelyn Grace Academy - Partially Open

Lambeth Academy - Partially Open

La Retraite RC School - Partially Open

Lilian Baylis Technology School - Closed

The Elmgreen School - Closed

London Nautical School - Closed

Norwood School - Partially Open

St. Martin-in-the-Fields CE School - Partially Open

Stockwell Park High School (Academy) - Closed

Lansdowne School - Closed

Livity School - Closed

The Michael Tippett School - Partially Open

Turney School - Partially Open

Effra Early Years and Children's Centre - Partially Open

Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre - Closed

Holmewood Nursery School and Tree House Children's Centre - Closed

Maytree Nursery School and Children's Centre - Closed Triangle Nursery School - Open

The Park Campus - Closed Kennington Park Bridge To School (formerly Primary PRU) - Closed