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UNISON has signed up to the charter after forcing the Department for Education to acknowledge role of all school staff
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
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi must intervene and put a stop to this sorry episode.” Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union […]
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
A joint vision for the future of school support staff has been presented at the union’s school support staff seminar
AQA must come back to the negotiating table, make a serious offer and stop threatening its dedicated staff." Notes to editors: - The ballot opened on Monday 13 June and […]