UNISON members are writing to councillors to demand fair school funding. Will you join them?
UNISON members are writing to councillors to demand fair school funding. Will you join them?
Independent analysis, commissioned by UNISON, shows the cumulative effect on each pupil of Conservative cuts to school funding
It also explicitly stated that, in future, the NEU should take no action that could be regarded as organising activity among these workers. Please see the full joint statement from UNISON, GMB and Unite for […]
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
The employees, including those involved in organising the awarding of grades, will walk out for three days from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 July in a dispute […]
Last year the workforce received a paltry 0.6% pay increase, says the union. The workers have already rejected a […]
A joint vision for the future of school support staff has been presented at the union’s school support staff seminar
Research reveals that many headteachers in primary and secondary schools in England are having to cut staff, IT equipment, trips and more as the funding crisis bites
“It was a natural route for me to become involved in the Eastern region education and training committee.” For Claire, the […]
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.