Rhondda Cynon Taf becomes sixth Welsh council to pay registration fees for teaching assistants being introduced in April
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UNISON Cymry / Wales lobbying sees seventh council agree to pay new annual registration fees for school staff
As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for local authorities to pay the registration fee […]
This was the right decision to back low-paid workers by agreeing to pay their fees.” UNISON Cymru/Wales lead organiser for schools Jess Turner added: “Yet another council has […]
The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for local authorities to pay the registration fee […]
Commenting as the consultation got under way, UNISON national secretary for education and children’s services Jon Richards said: “We recognise there […]
Government plans to force 17,000 schools in England to become academies opposed by unions, educators and politicians, including leading Conservative voices
Since 2013, Ms Jackson has been part of a national focus group for teaching assistants. The group met with the then shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to […]
From today (Friday), learning support staff must be registered with the Education Workforce Council (EWC), which UNISON says marks the first step in recognising their hard work in our […]
All learning support staff in Wales must now be registered with the Education Workforce Council
140 jobs under threat at six schools in Harlow will put ‘the quality of children’s education at risk’ warns union
“For our members, this is a life changing amount to face losing – for most it is equivalent to their […]
"We note that the main teaching union, the NUT, has agreed to ballot its members for industrial action around the maintenance of […]
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