‘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 […]
On 21 and 22 April, education staff, parents and children across the UK will be taking part in a weekend of action against cuts to school funding
Instead, inflation and increasing staff costs is more strains on school budgets. UNISON head of education Jon Richards warned the government that it “can’t keep […]
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 […]
Next week the country has a choice between school cuts under the Tories and investment in our children’s education under Labour – I know what choice I’ll be making, and which is better for our schools, our children and the future of our country.
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
The picture is extremely bleak. The Government has accused funding campaigners of scaremongering, but the updated figures are worse than previously predicted. The website, which now […]