Government needs to ‘properly recognise the value of careers professionals’ says UNISON after minister’s speech on service strategy for England
Government needs to ‘properly recognise the value of careers professionals’ says UNISON after minister’s speech on service strategy for England
UNISON video showcases support for six-month action from parents and teaching colleagues
Talks aimed at settling the long-running Derby City Council school support staff strike are to be held tomorrow (Thursday). Negotiations through the conciliation service ACAS will happen at the request of UNISON as it seeks to reach an agreement to end the nine-month dispute. School support staff will be staging a sit-in today, (Wednesday) in […]
Latest Education Policy Institute report confirms unions’ warning over effects of new National Funding Formula
Schools across the UK see an increase in apprentices after the government introduced new schemes, and a levy to fund them, which came into effect last month
Staff in England who qualified after September 2016 need to hold a paediatric first aid certificate, under regulations that came into force last month
Support workers, teaching staff and leadership unions unite in campaign over threat of redundancies
Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back
School cuts are affecting children and UNISON will gear up campaigning against them, local government conference vows
Thousands of parents, pupils, school staff and their unions demonstrated against cuts to school funding yesterday
The government’s funding announcement today (Monday) is disappointing and means a return to smoke and mirrors statements on school funding, say education unions. UNISON, ATL, NUT and GMB have said that whilst any extra money is welcome, it isn’t enough to stop the huge cuts that schools are making. Calculations published on the organisations’ School Cuts […]
20-month dispute ends in victory for janitors in nursery, primary and ASL schools
Union welcomes rethink from original proposal but warns that many schools will still struggle
Join us for a Lobby Against School Cuts to show MPs that, despite the Department of Education’s welcome rethink, there is still a problem
From teaching assistants to teachers to pupils, asbestos in schools is a killer and cuts to school funding can only make the situation worse