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Stars in our Schools aims to highlight the work of school support staff, the unsung heroes of education. Canvas […]

We know it’s hard graft working in a school these days so UNISON takes this one day a year to celebrate all that you do. Without you our […]

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

"The branch held a number of meetings to persuade the council on the merits of our case. And individual members felt very strongly and wrote to councillors urging them to commit to payment.” […]

With 250,000 members in support staff roles - half of whom are teaching assistants - this is a big issue for UNISON. These are the members of […]

"The prospect of a new national schools funding formula and the proposal announced in the Budget and the white paper, Education Excellence Everywhere, that all […]

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.

At least 500 UNISON members and supports took part in the protest outside Derby's Council House this morning, They […]

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.

Other people go on holiday and I can’t because I’m struggling just to pay the bills.” Karen O’Farrell A learning mentor who has worked in her school for seven years, Karen […]

Help UNISON and schools across the UK celebrate the often unsung stars of our children’s education on 25 November

Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County Council is proposing to move teaching assistants to term-time pay, and extend the working week without paying for any extra […]