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Rhondda Cynon Taf becomes sixth Welsh council to pay registration fees for teaching assistants being introduced in April
The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for local authorities to pay the registration […]
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
IPPR report supports union view that Education and Adoption Bill will see resources spent on admin, contracts and legal advice
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Government proposals for schools in England, set out in the Education and Adoption Bill, miss the important issues currently facing schools, says UNISON. The public services union believe that a government obsessed with forcing schools to become academies is failing to address inadequate funding, excessive workloads or helping hard-pressed school business managers to support their […]
We know it’s hard graft working in a school these days so UNISON takes this one day a year to celebrate all that you do. Without you our […]
Employers offer two-year deal of 1% each year, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage
Threatened cuts to pay for teaching assistants in the North East have been condemned by UNISON. Staff in Durham schools could lose up to £5,000 a year under council proposals to introduce term-time only contracts from September 2016
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
So often the unsung heroes of schools, teaching assistants, midday supervisors, admin workers, catering staff and cleaning staff, are […]
Government should let UNISON go ahead and publish professional standards
Lots of plans are underway with schools holding awards ceremonies, putting on special assemblies and even dressing up as super heroes […]
UNISON consulting members on offer until 27 November (England only)