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Workers should not be saddled with debt for years because of the blunders of a company

UNISON survey uncovers how far teaching assistants go to financially support their pupils

UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’

Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves

Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’

Work in schools and want to brush up on your number skills? UNISON has a partnership to help

Teaching assistants, administration staff and meal time assistants in five Plymouth schools are on strike over pay.

Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month

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 […]

Teaching assistants at a special needs school in Braintree are being bitten, kicked and spat on but managers are doing nothing about the violence, school support staff union UNISON warns today. A survey of support staff at The Edith Borthwick School found that 82% are worried about levels of violence, but only 19% of respondents […]

With Golden Time under threat, students from Pennycross Primary in Plymouth staged a protest with the help of UNISON.

Our consultation ballot is now open, so school support staff can have your say

UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding

Members return to work as redundancy plans dropped after 36 days of strike action

School support staff regularly go home worried about pupils’ welfare, safety and emotional state after discussing issues such as grooming, gangs, domestic violence, bullying, loneliness, and sexual abuse with them, according to a survey released by UNISON today. The research suggests that across the east of England more than a quarter (28%) of school support […]