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School cuts are affecting children and UNISON will gear up campaigning against them, local government conference vows

Our message is clear and my position is the same as our members: the council must negotiate – massive pay cuts for school support staff cannot be the answer

Union warns that Theresa May’s plans ‘risk most of our children being left behind in schools with fewer of the best teachers and potentially fewer resources’

Their case was highlighted by the union in the education debate today at conference, along with that of teaching assistants in Durham whose pay is also being downgraded by a […]

“Members are dedicated to their job and classroom-based staff are working at full tilt from the start until the end of the school day, with few breaks […]

UNISON has visited schools across the county, speaking to teaching assistants about how the proposed changes would affect them. We have made sure their views have been central […]

From today (Friday), learning support staff must be registered with the Education Workforce Council (EWC), which UNISON says marks the first step in recognising their hard work in our […]

Since 2013, Ms Jackson has been part of a national focus group for teaching assistants. The group met with the then shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to […]

Caerphilly council’s decision to pay fees comes as a result of an ongoing campaign by UNISON

Employers offer two-year deal of 1% each year, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage

Stars in our schools day is fast approaching – tell us which superhero you’ll be dressing up as

UNISON has campaigned long and hard for universal free school meals

UNISON has organised the day to celebrate the wonderful work staff like you do every day

An average household in receipt of tax credits will lose a whopping £1,350 a year

UNISON is backing a petition calling on the government to keep universal free school meals for infant children in English schools