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

UNISON celebration of school workers had a fantastic response

He said: “Durham County Council’s proposals to slash teaching assistants’ pay are divisive, bad for morale and unfair. “Term-time contracts penalise a […]

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

A change of boss turned Karen Williamson’s working life upside down. Her UNISON rep, Mary Pearson, helped her find the right way up…

Government slammed for dropping the long-awaited teaching assistants standards

Find out the recent decisions of your national committee

News just in suggests the DfE is not going to publish the teaching assistant standards for England

We can help learning support staff in Wales prepare for registration – just ask us in

UNISON has organised the day to celebrate the wonderful work staff like you do every day

UNISON consulting members on offer until 27 November (England only)

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

“Delay to government professional standards document has been a step back for a profession that has been largely neglected by the government since 2010”

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 […]

More than 75% of schools in the UK contain asbestos – but the government is still dragging its feet over a report on the scale of the problem due last spring