UNISON members are writing to councillors to demand fair school funding. Will you join them?
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The pressure on school budgets inevitably has consequences for the quality of education being provided. It means larger […]
The judgement reaffirmed that the NJC unions (GMB, UNISON and Unite) have exclusive bargaining rights for school support staff. It also explicitly stated that, in future, the NEU should take no […]
Chronic underfunding, overworked staff and simply not enough schools – inadequate SEND provision is leaving ‘vulnerable children by the wayside’
ONS decision means that senior leaders will have to justify big pay awards
Cash-strapped school support staff are using their own money to help pupils and their families cope with the cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON today (Friday). A UK-wide union survey of more than 6,000 school workers reveals staff – including teaching assistants, catering and cleaning workers, librarians and sports coaches – are buying food for hungry pupils, and contributing towards the cost of […]
The event gave MPs the chance to celebrate support staff, as well as talk to UNISON members about the issues being faced in schools
We value them and want them to succeed. But we have been trying to get a fair deal for months and have not been listened to.” Another said: “We're being pressured to sign […]
AQA workers being balloted over low pay and new contracts
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
No 10’s Living with COVID plan ‘is likely to result in further illness and disruption to face-to-face education’
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 […]
Trying to force through mass changes to academy status is not only wrong-headed, it’s a complete distraction.