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Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations

A joint vision for the future of school support staff has been presented at the union’s school support staff seminar

The Thunderclap, at noon on the day, will help us rally together and share a united message at the same time on social media. Let’s show our […]

And that is why she is joining UNISON in celebrating Stars in Our Schools – one day in the year when we celebrate the school support staff who work so hard to make our […]

Last Friday schools up and down the UK celebrated school support staff as part of UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools day

General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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

‘Education workers in Northern Ireland are not prepared to sit and wait while you sort out all the political problems. Working people need pay justice now’

Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month

UNISON survey launched to find out what school meals staff have to say

Strike action by Derby school support staff is to be suspended following a new offer from the city council, UNISON has announced today (Friday). UNISON will now recommend that its members across the city’s schools accept the offer. That offer will now be put to staff, and if they vote to accept the deal, the […]

Talks aimed at settling the long-running Derby City Council school support staff strike are to be held tomorrow (Thursday). Negotiations through the conciliation service ACAS will happen at the request of UNISON as it seeks to reach an agreement to end the nine-month dispute. School support staff will be staging a sit-in today, (Wednesday) in […]