STAFF and parents at a primary school took further strike action today over plans to turn a school into an academy. Members of the National Education Union at Peacehaven Heights Primary School formed a picket line outside the school, before protesting outside County Hall in Lewes as the first in-person full council meeting took place since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. Campaigners are strongly against the school being handed over permanently to the STEP academy trust. Local governing bodies at Peacehaven Heights Primary School and Telscombe Cliffs Primary School were instructed to explore academy conversion in 2019 to raise standards – but following strike action at both schools, they decided against conversion.