Securing fair pay for hard-working members is UNISON’s top priority, as general secretary urges members to make sure their voices are heard
Securing fair pay for hard-working members is UNISON’s top priority, as general secretary urges members to make sure their voices are heard
The relaunch comes as a result of pressure from the union to be more inclusive of school support staff and deal with issues particular to them. In its first incarnation, the report […]
Many have reached a point where they simply can’t afford to stay in the job they love.
The union is calling on the Westminster government to urgently introduce additional measures to protect pupils and staff in all schools
UNISON represent the largest number of members supporting children and young people with special educational needs and additional support needs in the UK, making us the union with the biggest voice. Our members work in in special schools and colleges and in mainstream settings, from early years right up to higher education. They hold varied […]
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 […]
If safety measures are abandoned too early, in one fell swoop, the good progress made could be quickly undone.
Schools and nurseries up and down the country have been struggling with high absence rates, and a poor supply of tests only makes things worse.
Trying to force through mass changes to academy status is not only wrong-headed, it’s a complete distraction.
Schools in Chesterfield, Staveley and Worksop are affected. Unions representing staff in nineteen schools across the Catholic Diocese of Hallam have written to the Secretary of State for Education to begin legal action over letters they received informing them that they would be forced to join Multi-Academy Trusts. The letters, issued by the Regional Schools […]
No 10’s Living with COVID plan ‘is likely to result in further illness and disruption to face-to-face education’
“It was a natural route for me to become involved in the Eastern region education and training committee.” For Claire, the […]
One in five heads said they had cut spending on teaching staff, while 33% of school heads reported dipping into the pupil premium fund for poorer students in order to plug gaps in […]
A joint vision for the future of school support staff has been presented at the union’s school support staff seminar
Last year the workforce received a paltry 0.6% pay increase, says the union. The workers have already rejected a […]