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Campaign highlights school support staff, the Stars in our Schools

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

Preparing lunch for 100 hungry kids is all in a day’s work for school cook Fay Hart

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Nearly half of teaching assistants at Pot Kiln Primary School in Suffolk face the sack, UNISON reveals today. The Sudbury school plans to lay off up to 15 of its 36 classroom assistants and midday supervisors, blaming an “unforeseen” budget shortfall of £75,000 and flagging student numbers. Pot Kiln claims it has more teaching assistants […]

But UNISON warns the level of cuts is totally disproportionate to the forecasted fall in class sizes, pointing out that the threatened staff play a vital role in […]

More than two in five (42%) teaching assistants, caretakers, cleaners and other school support staff in the east of England are actively looking for better paid jobs because of the rising cost of living and persistent low pay in education, according to a UNISON survey released today. The survey responses paint a bleak picture of […]

Even before this wider reopening, some schools weren’t maintaining the standards with just the few children […]

Staff in schools run by Hertfordshire County Council were having their pay stopped for two days when they were too ill to work […]

Staff at scandal-struck Aspire Academy in Harlow are voting on industrial action over concerns for their health and safety, UNISON announces today. The school for students outside mainstream education, part of the TBAP multi-academy trust, was the subject of a BBC Panorama investigation in March after the head teacher blew the whistle on serious financial […]

We continue to need things to look forward to and help us manage what we are facing. In UNISON learning, we believe that education is […]

Further workshops will be advertised on this website, but your regional education team may also be organising similar events in your area. Regional education […]

UNISON has arranged three online workshops for members with YGAM (Young Gamblers & Gamers Education Trust) aimed at members working with young people, from primary aged children all the way up to university aged young adults. YGAM are a UK charity and the online training sessions they will be delivering are designed to equip you with the knowledge and resources to […]

UNISON Ealing branch are celebrating after securing a 21.7% pay rise for 300 staff working under the Ealing schools catering contract.  In December 2020, it came to light that the vast majority of the 300 staff who work under the Ealing schools catering contract in around 55 primary schools are paid below the London living […]

Commenting on the report on school safety from the committee of independent scientists chaired by Sir David King published today (Friday), UNISON regional secretary, Clare Williams said: “This is the evidence school staff and parents have been waiting for. Not only do these scientists say the government’s plans for schools in England are premature, they also suggest […]