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Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations

Fellow classroom assistant Sinead Thompson said she was struggling to pay bills ‘‘every single month.’’ School principals in Northern Ireland also spoke in support of […]

‘If support staff didn’t do their job, you’d notice it’

The statement highlights the vital role that school support staff have played during the pandemic, the woeful response of the government to the cost of […]

Let’s show our fantastic school support staff members and their colleagues that UNISON is right behind them, proud to support and […]

And that is why she is joining UNISON in celebrating Stars in Our Schools – one day in the year when we celebrate the school support staff who work so hard to make our […]

Last Friday schools up and down the UK celebrated school support staff as part of UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools day

General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike

Derby council changed school support staff’s terms and conditions in June after they were moved onto term-time only contracts […]

And it’s time this was tackled head on. A new UNISON survey has revealed that more than half (52%) […]

UNISON believes these findings highlight a crisis in health and well-being engulfing schools, which could […]

Stars in our Schools aims to highlight the work of school support staff, the unsung heroes of education. Canvas […]

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

Following on from national school meals week, which ends today, and in the run-up to next Friday’s Stars in Our Schools Day, the […]

Strike action by Derby school support staff is to be suspended following a new offer from the city council, UNISON has announced today (Friday). UNISON will now recommend that its members across the city’s schools accept the offer. That offer will now be put to staff, and if they vote to accept the deal, the […]