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If safety measures are abandoned too early, in one fell swoop, the good progress ​made could be quickly undone.

UNISON has welcomed a decision by the Department for Education to drop plans to turn Leicester’s West Gate School into an academy. West Gate has 180 pupils, aged 4 to 19, with a range of learning needs. Pupils have moderate to severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum conditions, multiple learning difficulties and highly complex needs. In November 2018 […]

The last few years have seen a huge change in how the school deploys it's teaching assistants. We love our jobs but feel like babysitters […]

The union is calling on the Westminster government to urgently introduce additional measures to protect pupils and staff in all schools

Many have reached a point where they simply can’t afford to stay in the job they love.

UNISON has signed up to the charter after forcing the Department for Education to acknowledge role of all school staff

Securing fair pay for hard-working members is UNISON’s top priority, as general secretary urges members to make sure their voices are heard

UNISON joins other education unions in England to put the case for continuing use of face coverings by staff and children

Community march planned for 15 May

Face coverings in schools have only been in place for a few weeks​. Lifting this measure before the impact on transmission in schools ​has had time to be assessed would be rash.

Schools should avoid opening the floodgates to a new wave of Covid infections by staggering the full return to the classroom, UNISON says today. Schools across the east of England are due to fully reopen on Monday, with an enhanced testing regime and face coverings for secondary school pupils. But UNISON warns that this may […]

Jon Richards added: “If there are no serious changes we remain convinced that a ‘big bang’ full reopening is an unnecessary risk and a reckless […]

The students’ union, which is funded by the university but independently run, argues a reorganisation is necessary and will reduce costs. But these proposals will reduce face-to-face contact, affect […]

Stars in Our Schools was a bit different this year but it was still a glorious celebration of all that school support staff do for our children

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