‘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
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
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 2019/20, plus the deep cuts to sixth form […]
The majority of those we spoke to (95%) have regular contact with pupils, parents or carers (86% and more than three-quarters (78% liaise directly with local authorities and charities to […]
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 […]