Teaching unions, school governors and education chiefs will this week meet to resolve a dispute that involved staff undertaking a rolling sick-day protest.
Up to 15 of the 75 teachers at De La Salle College in west Belfast called in sick on four separate days last week.
Teachers are said to be concerned about an incident that took place last month and how it was subsequently handled. It is understood a letter was sent to the principal as part of the dispute.
On four days last week between 10 and 15 staff took sick leave. It is understood that different teachers phoned in sick on different days, with one group of staff taking two days’ leave before returning to work followed by a different group taking the next two days.
Short periods of sick leave of one or two days typically do not require a return-to-work interview.
There were not thought to be any widespread absences among non-teaching staff over the same period.
As part of the dispute, teachers also stood in silence outside their classrooms for a short period in a show of solidarity with a disciplined colleague.
It is understood there was a normal level of attendance among teaching staff yesterday after it emerged talks had been arranged to find a solution to the dispute.
CCMS chief executive Jim Clarke confirmed that a meeting would take place on Wednesday afternoon. This is likely to involve CCMS, representatives of the four main teaching unions, the chair of the board of governors Monica Culbert, who is also a member of the Education Authority, and principal Claire White.
The INTO is among the unions that has members at the school.
“There are a number of industrial relations issues ongoing in the school,” the union’s northern secretary Gerry Murphy said.
“INTO and other teachers unions are working with the school management and employing authority to resolve these matters in as timely a matter as possible.”
