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‘Parents will hope this latest assurance is a promise David Cameron actually gets to keep’

Open University staff could be balloted over plans to close seven regional offices and lose 500 jobs

The bishops are showing real leadership by encouraging businesses and other organisations to follow suit.” Notes to Editors There are more than 2,200 catholic schools in England and […]

UNISON campaign highlights closure of over 600 children’s centres since 2010

Lots of plans are underway with schools holding awards ceremonies, putting on special assemblies and even dressing up as super heroes […]

Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign

Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign

UNISON comment on decision to scrap current system of school funding, announced in the Chancellor’s spending review

It was very well received, attended by members, non-members and police officers. “Since then it has become something of a tradition. And it gives the branch a chance […]

Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year

"Our members are key to delivering the changes coming to the sector and having faced wave after wave of job cuts those remaining deserve to be […]

Government proposals for schools in England, set out in the Education and Adoption Bill, miss the important issues currently facing schools, says UNISON. The public services union believe that a government obsessed with forcing schools to become academies is failing to address inadequate funding, excessive workloads or helping hard-pressed school business managers to support their […]

UNISON Vale of Glamorgan branch secretary Glenn Pappas said: "This is great news and a testament to dedicated UNISON campaigning. A registration fee of £15 when you are on a low-paid […]

Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools

‘Area-based reviews’ part of restructuring plans for post-16 education prompted by ‘the need to cut public expenditure’