‘Support staff have stepped up to the plate as staff shortages in schools bite’
‘Support staff have stepped up to the plate as staff shortages in schools bite’
Survey finds growing concern amongst staff
Cuts to schools are deeply unfair
After relentless campaigning by head teachers, school staff and parents, the government finally accepted that schools have suffered billions in funding […]
UNISON will hold an on-line indicative ballot in January, asking school workers across England about the issue. Education is a devolved issue in Cymru/Wales, Northern […]
Since 2015, £2.8 billion has been cut from school budgets. The average primary school has lost £45,400 in funding and the average secondary school […]
UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits
There is a particular problem in secondary schools because of a shortfall of £500m a year to funding for 11 – 16 year olds, between 2015/16 and […]
It’s time for school cutbacks to stop. Attacks on education funding are having a devastating impact on […]
School administrators, business managers and finance workers are regularly administering first aid, handing out medicines to pupils and conducting criminal record checks because of cuts in the number of school support staff, according to a survey published today (Friday) by UNISON. The findings suggest that any further reduction in their numbers – as proposed by […]
Latest Education Policy Institute report confirms unions’ warning over effects of new National Funding Formula
A new funding formula is the right thing to do, but it cannot be truly fair unless there is enough money to go round in the first place.” Len McCluskey, General Secretary […]