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The new schemes will include a teaching assistant apprenticeship, which UNISON is proud to be involved in developing. The union is the only one involved in developing the new […]

Higher education employers have made a full and final offer on pay for 2017-18, following the conclusion of pay negotiations

Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County Council is proposing to move teaching assistants to term-time pay, and extend the working week without paying for any extra […]

New pay proposal from the county council overwhelmingly rejected: UNISON wil lmove to a vote on strike action, with ballot papers being despatched to classroom support workers early next week

Friday 9 September 2016 For immediate release Commenting on the prime minister’s speech about grammar schools today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The country may be under new management, but the Conservative Party’s obsession with grammar schools remains the same. “Grammar schools are outdated relics, removed in most parts of the country for very good reason […]

Jon Richards, the head of education at UNISON, said the investigation revealed that the system was untenable: "The EFA, which oversees academy […]

Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff

Government plans to force 17,000 schools in England to become academies opposed by unions, educators and politicians, including leading Conservative voices

Commenting on government proposals for all schools to become academies and have longer working days, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Forcing all schools to become academies will do little, if anything, to improve the quality of education. “Many schools want to keep their links with local authorities and not be forced into academy trusts. […]

UNISON warns against ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ as government launches consultation on a new English school funding formula

‘Area-based reviews’ part of restructuring plans for post-16 education prompted by ‘the need to cut public expenditure’

UNISON comment on decision to scrap current system of school funding, announced in the Chancellor’s spending review

Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign

When it is, it’s often due to the hard work of the tens of thousands of school support staff – from teaching assistants to cooks to admin staff – who strive to make this […]

Eight education unions representing thousands of school employees across Wales jointly wrote to Welsh government urging it to include the whole school workforce as a priority group for tests