Campaign highlights school support staff, the Stars in our Schools
Campaign highlights school support staff, the Stars in our Schools
UNISON celebration of school workers had a fantastic response
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
This was the right decision to back low-paid workers by agreeing to pay their fees.” UNISON Cymru/Wales lead organiser for schools Jess Turner added: “Yet another council has […]
Neath Port Talbot set to pay as registration fees for school support staff as UNISON campaign continues
UNISON urges remaining Welsh councils to follow suit and back their school support staff
More than 140,000 people have signed a petition against forcing all local authority schools to become academies – why not join them?
Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff
More than half (52%) of school support staff across the UK have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as they struggle to cope with their workloads, according to a new survey published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. Two-fifths (41.5%) of those who took part in the survey said they had difficulty in completing their work, and more […]
Unless the government gets their act together, many of these invaluable public servants will leave their jobs – and their skills and talents will be lost to schools and children alike.
Schools affected across the city as 500 protest outside Council House over imposed changes to contracts
If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities
School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut
Help UNISON and schools across the UK celebrate the often unsung stars of our children’s education on 25 November
“No-one wants to stop children attending school or put parents out, but the council has made a bad decision to target […]