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UNISON survey reveals huge rise in numbers doing higher-grade work as teachers fall ill or fail to get tests

Researchers at UCL and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have modelled what may happen when schools reopen and some parents return to the workplace. In order to […]

Government announcement on pupil funding still below pre-austerity levels in real terms

Extend furlough and sick pay for those protecting loves ones

No one would begrudge the thanks and appreciation shown to teaching staff. But the failure to acknowledge the real efforts of school […]

Date

29 November 2019 8:00am–6:00pm

Location

All over the UK

Stars in our Schools celebrations take place in schools across the UK

Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’

UNISON represents around 250,000 school support staff across the UK and those members do fantastic work helping children learn, keeping […]

This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector

The NAO says there are currently 700 PFI and PF2 deals in operation, and if no new deals are entered into, they’ll end up costing the […]

Help celebrate our school support staff on social media at noon on 24 November

She also recognises the chance she’s now been given to change things. “I’m on the select committee for women and equalities –  and I’ve got the […]

20-month dispute ends in victory for janitors in nursery, primary and ASL schools

Staff in England who qualified after September 2016 need to hold a paediatric first aid certificate, under regulations that came into force last month

Trade unions warn that, without more money being put in, any new changes to benefit some schools will mean others losing out even more. That is why UNISON has joined […]