The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for local authorities to pay the registration […]
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“The role is very varied, from keeping reps informed about regional and national courses, helping them to apply for training, being an informal […]
UNISON has welcomed a decision by the Department for Education to drop plans to turn Leicester’s West Gate School into an academy. West Gate has 180 pupils, aged 4 to 19, with a range of learning needs. Pupils have moderate to severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum conditions, multiple learning difficulties and highly complex needs. In November 2018 […]
UNISON’s campaign for union safety representatives in schools has got off to a great start. School support staff members and local UNISON contacts have begun actively finding out about the union safety rep role. Within a couple of hours of the launch a teaching assistant in Nottingham, had come forward as a safety rep. Louisa Wass-Griffiths, UNISON […]
Introductory Stewards Course This is a regional course for untrained stewards in the Greater London Region, leading to ERA accreditation. What will the course cover? Understand the role of an organising union in public services; Recognise the importance of equalities in UNISON; Work with members to tackle issues in the workplace; Work with members in […]
Stars in our Schools is all about the fantastic work the support staff does every day and make sure the public knows just how vital support staff are.
Teaching assistants in Durham represented by UNISON, have today (Monday) overwhelmingly voted to accept the final offer made by the County Council to end the long-running dispute. The improved offer, put forward last month, is the result of lengthy negotiations with the Council, which involved teaching assistants themselves. It is significantly different from the initial […]
UNISON South East was delighted last month to organise two inspirational CPD day’s for over 250 people at the Thinking Schools Academy Trust (TSAT). With separate days at Portsmouth and Medway, this was a fantastic opportunity to bring together school support staff from across the trust’s 14 different schools. UNISON organisers delivered interactive, wellbeing-focused workshops […]
"This will include, for the first time, a suite of workshops to help gain, develop, and support workplace contacts/active […]
‘If support staff didn’t do their job, you’d notice it’
A joint vision for the future of school support staff has been presented at the union’s school support staff seminar
No 10’s Living with COVID plan ‘is likely to result in further illness and disruption to face-to-face education’
Trying to force through mass changes to academy status is not only wrong-headed, it’s a complete distraction.
Many have reached a point where they simply can’t afford to stay in the job they love.
UNISON joins other education unions in England to put the case for continuing use of face coverings by staff and children