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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 make​s 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’

We meet Claire Wormald, chair of the the regional education and training committee and branch secretary of Southend on Sea Borough Council UNISON, on full-time release from her role as a youth worker. “Youth workers in short are educators,” says Claire, “encouraging critical thinking to challenge the myths sold by the ruling class, such as […]

Research reveals that many headteachers in primary and secondary schools in England are having to cut staff, IT equipment, trips and more as the funding crisis bites

The statement highlights the vital role that school support staff have played during the pandemic, the woeful response of the government to the cost of […]

AQA workers being balloted over low pay and new contracts