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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’

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 […]

“These are experienced workers doing an essential job. It would have been a real kick in the teeth to take money away from them […]

The union is asking more than 360,000 refuse collectors, social workers, teaching assistants, librarians and other staff across England and Wales whether they will take […]

Three Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts with schools across the East Midlands have signed UNISON’s Learning Charter which commits them to support the learning needs of their staff. St Thomas Aquinas, Saint Ralph Sherwin, and Our Lady of Lourdes, who are part of the Nottingham Catholic Diocese, have committed to work in partnership with UNISON East Midlands […]

UNISON members are writing to councillors to demand fair school funding. Will you join them?

Now the union is asking more than 360,000 workers it represents in the sector whether they are prepared to take industrial action. Since 2010, the […]

Workers will travel to Ipswich where they will hold a demonstration outside Suffolk County Council’s […]

Redundancy-threatened Suffolk school staff have voted to strike to save their jobs, UNISON reveals today. The teaching assistants and midday supervisors at Pot Kiln Primary School in Sudbury voted 90% in favour of strikes. Pot Kiln wants to cut classroom assistant and midday supervisor numbers after running up a £75,000 deficit. School bosses say student […]

Plans by Derby City Council to close Ashgate Nursery School could be one step closer to becoming a reality this Wednesday, as councillors get their say. An overwhelming number of residents and families voiced their opposition to the council’s proposals during the 7-week consultation period. Over 91% of respondents strongly opposed Ashgate’s planned closure in […]

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 […]

Washing machines have been installed at a primary school in South Wales to help parents and the surrounding community with soaring energy bills

The lack of any government messaging on COVID has also affected the issue

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 […]

“UNISON fights for the rights of all public sector workers and we will always do everything we can to defend the terms and conditions of all those who provide […]