UNISON survey launched to find out what school meals staff have to say
UNISON survey launched to find out what school meals staff have to say
Help celebrate our school support staff on social media at noon on 24 November
Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations
In July 2017, the Department published four research reports relating to SEND. Three of these come from the DfE-funded ‘What Works’ project, which looked at SEN support for pupils in mainstream schools and colleges. The fourth looks at the wellbeing of secondary school pupils with SEN. The reports can be downloaded at the links below: […]
‘The Chancellor needs to stop snipping away at children’s education and properly invest in their future’
Over a thousand parents, teachers, school support staff and head teachers will be attending the School Cuts mass lobby of Parliament this Tuesday, 24 October. They will bring the message to MPs that schools are seriously underfunded, which is having a negative impact on children and young people’s education. This situation must change. The majority […]
From teaching assistants to teachers to pupils, asbestos in schools is a killer and cuts to school funding can only make the situation worse
And we’re working together with other education unions to hold a Lobby Against School Cuts on 24 […]
Union welcomes rethink from original proposal but warns that many schools will still struggle
With the city’s schools due to reopen tomorrow, agreement was reached today to bring an end to the dispute in the city’s nursery, primary and ASL […]
The government’s funding announcement today (Monday) is disappointing and means a return to smoke and mirrors statements on school funding, say education unions. UNISON, ATL, NUT and GMB have said that whilst any extra money is welcome, it isn’t enough to stop the huge cuts that schools are making. Calculations published on the organisations’ School Cuts […]
Thousands of parents, pupils, school staff and their unions demonstrated against cuts to school funding yesterday
This threat to the quality of education and the jobs of teaching staff will be opposed by UNISON, working alongside teachers and parents. Teaching assistants from across the country addressed […]
The staff from both areas were faced with huge cuts to their pay and conditions. Becky Everett from […]
Support workers, teaching staff and leadership unions unite in campaign over threat of redundancies