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)
Lots of plans are underway with schools holding awards ceremonies, putting on special assemblies and even dressing up as super heroes […]
Government should let UNISON go ahead and publish professional standards
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
So often the unsung heroes of schools, teaching assistants, midday supervisors, admin workers, catering staff and cleaning staff, are part of the whole education team who make our schools the […]
Sign the petition The plan will affect more than 2,000 school support staff and was today (Friday) branded ‘divisive and unfair’ by UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis. He […]
Employers offer two-year deal of 1% each year, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage
We know it’s hard graft working in a school these days so UNISON takes this one day a year to celebrate all that you do. Without you our […]
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
The IPPR report comes as the UK Parliament considers the government's Education and Adoption Bill, which includes new provisions for converting English schools to academies. The report - A legal […]
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
“Without their dedication and commitment, schools simply could not function and the council must be praised for making this […]