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Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’

Work in schools and want to brush up on your number skills? UNISON has a partnership to help

Teaching assistants, administration staff and meal time assistants in five Plymouth schools are on strike over pay.

Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month

Date

5 July 2019 12:00pm–6:00pm

We welcome you to join us at the Regional School Support Staff Seminar where we aim to bring together Schools Support Staff, to share experiences on work related issues,learn from each other’s experiences, and to help build confidence. On the day you will have the opportunity to listen to some key note speakers discuss important […]

Staff at scandal-struck Aspire Academy in Harlow are voting on industrial action over concerns for their health and safety, UNISON announces today. The school for students outside mainstream education, part of the TBAP multi-academy trust, was the subject of a BBC Panorama investigation in March after the head teacher blew the whistle on serious financial […]

Teaching assistants at a special needs school in Braintree are being bitten, kicked and spat on but managers are doing nothing about the violence, school support staff union UNISON warns today. A survey of support staff at The Edith Borthwick School found that 82% are worried about levels of violence, but only 19% of respondents […]

With Golden Time under threat, students from Pennycross Primary in Plymouth staged a protest with the help of UNISON.

Our consultation ballot is now open, so school support staff can have your say

UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding

Members return to work as redundancy plans dropped after 36 days of strike action

Commenting on the results, UNISON Eastern head of education Tracey Sparkes said: “Despite the huge pressures they are under, support staff are proving time […]

A demonstration calling for proper funding for our schools is taking place tomorrow (Saturday 24th November) in Old Eldon Square, Newcastle from 11.00 am.  Our schools need more than little extras promised by Phillip Hammond in the recent budget and Education trade unions together with UNISON are coming together to demand a fully funded education […]

School support staff are true stars in our schools

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 […]