“At-risk schools remain in the dark as they wait for inspections. This is simply not good enough. “Ministers […]
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‘We now have the absurd situation of government departments ringing schools days before term begins, telling them to prepare for potential building closures’
‘We now have the absurd situation of government departments ringing schools days before term begins, telling them to prepare for potential building closures’
The affected schools were built with “crumbly” reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from the 1960s to […]
Support staff at a Sudbury primary school have called off further strikes after accepting a new deal saving most of their jobs, UNISON announces today. Two dozen classroom assistants and midday supervisors at Pot Kiln Primary took three days of strikes in April and May after the school announced plans to sack 15 staff to […]
Southend school staff have fought off changes to holiday pay calculations that could have left them thousands of pounds a year worse off. Around 350 staff in community schools would have seen their pay drop by between £40 and £2,800 each year after Southend Council proposed changes to the formula for calculating holiday pay for […]
UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea is to visit Ipswich later this week as council and school support staff vote on whether to strike over pay. Christina McAnea will speak at a rally on Friday outside Suffolk County Council headquarters Endeavour House as local government workers call for a pay rise of 2% above inflation. Staff […]
Mary Robson HR Director for the Nottingham Diocese said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with UNISON, to […]
As school budgets reach breaking point, there are inevitable consequences for the quality of education being […]
More than a third of a million council and school support staff across England and Wales will begin voting today (Tuesday) on whether to strike over pay.
Striking Suffolk primary school staff will take their jobs fight directly to county councillors next week as they hand in a 600-strong petition at the council’s HQ. Hundreds of parents and Sudbury residents have signed the petition urging Pot Kiln Primary leaders and the council to abandon plans to sack classroom assistants and midday supervisors. […]
“UNISON and parents have managed to reduce the number of job losses, but unfortunately Pot Kiln and Suffolk County Council still want to sack essential staff. “Pot Kiln […]
"There must be fair and long term funding for maintained nursery schools. The early years funding settlement for 2023-24 leaves the early years […]
Nearly half of teaching assistants at Pot Kiln Primary School in Suffolk face the sack, UNISON reveals today. The Sudbury school plans to lay off up to 15 of its 36 classroom assistants and midday supervisors, blaming an “unforeseen” budget shortfall of £75,000 and flagging student numbers. Pot Kiln claims it has more teaching assistants […]
“This should not be a luxury for families. “This asset has proven hugely popular with our families as they pop up, do their […]