‘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’
The findings are from a survey of 500 technicians – who support science, IT, design and technology teachers – and highlight the importance of these specialist roles, says […]
Cuts to schools are deeply unfair
Education unions reveal schools worse off than in 2015
UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding
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
UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits
New research by the School Cuts coalition of unions (NEU, NAHT, ASCL, UNISON, GMB and Unite) shows that class sizes are rising in the majority of secondary schools in England as a result of the Government’s underfunding of education. There is a particular problem in secondary schools because of a shortfall of £500m a year […]
Finance workers. They’re vital school staff, who do crucial work that makes the school tick, handling complex budgets, conducting vital criminal record checks and making sure pupils are safely in […]
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 […]
That is why UNISON has joined other school unions in England to campaign for more funding across the board. “If we don’t get it, then jobs will be lost […]
Organisations representing school staff, teachers and leaders – ATL, GMB, NAHT, NUT, UNISON and Unite – have updated the schoolcuts.org.uk website after publication of the government’s final National Funding Formula proposals to reflect the funding losses facing each school in England