UNISON member Kathy Harwood has been named Teaching Assistant of the Year for her dedication to helping children with a variety of health problems
UNISON member Kathy Harwood has been named Teaching Assistant of the Year for her dedication to helping children with a variety of health problems
UNISON campaign highlights closure of over 600 children’s centres since 2010
UNISON consulting members on offer until 27 November (England only)
Stars in our schools day is fast approaching – tell us which superhero you’ll be dressing up as
Government should let UNISON go ahead and publish professional standards
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
Threatened cuts to pay for teaching assistants in the North East have been condemned by UNISON. Staff in Durham schools could lose up to £5,000 a year under council proposals to introduce term-time only contracts from September 2016.
Employers offer two-year deal of 1% each year, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage
UNISON celebration of school workers had a fantastic response
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 […]
Council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland asked to have their say on pay offer
IPPR report supports union view that Education and Adoption Bill will see resources spent on admin, contracts and legal advice
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
Rhondda Cynon Taf becomes sixth Welsh council to pay registration fees for teaching assistants being introduced in April