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Organisations representing school staff, teachers and leaders – ATL, GMB, NAHT, NUT, UNISON and Unite – have updated the schoolcuts.org.uk website after publication of the government’s final National Funding Formula proposals to reflect the funding losses facing each school in England

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6 – 7 February 2017

Location

Hertford County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8DQ

Date

2 February 2017 10:00am–4:30pm

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Bury St. Edmunds UNISON Office, St. Edmunds House, Lower Baxter Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1ET

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1 – 28 February 2017

Location

Herts County, Pegs Lane, Hertford SG13 8DQ

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30 – 31 January 2017

Location

Cambridge Professional Development Centre, Foster Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9NL

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26 – 27 January 2017

Location

Hertfordshire County, Leahoe House, Hertford SG13 8DQ

Date

16 – 17 January 2017

Location

Cambridge Professional Development Centre, Foster Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9NL

Date

7 – 9 April 2017

Location

Crowne Plaza Resort Colchester - Five Lakes, Colchester Rd, Tolleshunt Knight, Maldon CM9 8HX

Responding to government plans to reform school funding UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Schools that are already underfunded will get much less than they’d hoped for. “Other highly rated schools in better resourced areas will see their budgets cut further still to fund those currently failing. “Good education doesn’t come cheap. Schools need […]

Date

16 February 2017 10:00am–3:30pm

Location

Cambridge Professional Development Centre, Foster Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9NL

Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon Richards said: “UNISON has raised cases of suspected financial irregularity with the Department for Education, Education Funding Agency and the National Audit Office, all of which […]

Commenting on the news today (Friday) that the government has abandoned its plans to force all maintained schools still linked to local authorities to become academies, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “It’s reassuring that ministers have listened to the many arguments put to them and decided against pursing their ill-thought-out plans to force […]

Commenting on the decision today (Thursday) by the Academies Transformation Trust (ATT) to announce jobs cuts and a major restructuring across its secondary and primary schools in the East and West Midlands, and the East of England, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “This decision has come as a bolt from the blue, and […]

More than half (52%) of school support staff across the UK have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as they struggle to cope with their workloads, according to a new survey published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. Two-fifths (41.5%) of those who took part in the survey said they had difficulty in completing their work, and more […]

If you are thinking of doing some trade union-related studying, UNISON can help with your course costs. But you only have until 31 July to apply