UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits

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

A bilingual Welsh/English A5 leaflet on school cuts and funding. Offers actions for parents, school staff and the public to campaign against cuts to their local school, and to ask the government for the funding our schools deserve.

8% cuts to schools. What can you do about it? Leaflet outlining the issue and how to involve the school and community in fighting the cuts.

A spreadsheet containing data on projected school cuts by 2020 by constituency.

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 […]

A full briefing on the School Cuts campaign.

There’s worrying news for staff, parents and pupils at schools in Godalming and Ripley in Surrey as two primary schools remain in danger of closure. Green Oak Primary and Ripley CofE were mandated to become academies by the Department for Education after failing their respective Ofsted reports, but at the time of writing, there are […]

School Funding England The Department for Education (DfE) has announced the outcome of their consultation of the future of school funding in England. There are some significant changes from the original proposals announced earlier in the year. They have stated that there will be an additional £1.3 billion pounds for school funding over the next […]

UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding

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.

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

Each year, predominantly female low paid teaching assistants, cooks, cleaners, receptionists and more, are told by their school they must reduce their working hours or help make other savings if they wish to keep their jobs

An A5 leaflet on school cuts and funding. Offers action for parents, school staff and the public to campaign against cuts to their local school and to ask the government for the funding our school deserves.

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 […]