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The affected schools were built with “crumbly” reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from the 1960s to […]

Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff

Government plans to force 17,000 schools in England to become academies opposed by unions, educators and politicians, including leading Conservative voices

Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says

Union welcomes rethink from original proposal but warns that many schools will still struggle

“Throughout the years, careers services have been cut hugely by the government. As a result, many people are in low-paid jobs missing out on education or learning new skills […]

“The roots of this chronic crisis go back more than a decade and the government’s failure to properly fund schools has now been compounded by the pandemic. Huge investment in […]

Commenting on the news today (Friday) that the government has abandoned its plans to force all maintained schools still linked to local authorities to become academies, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “It’s reassuring that ministers have listened to the many arguments put to them and decided against pursing their ill-thought-out plans to force […]

Contrary to the government’s reports of an increase, secondary schools have seen the number of teaching assistants (TAs) cut […]

Undoubtedly Universities will argue that they don’t receive enough money from the government – and they’d be right to say that – but that’s simply no excuse for a pay settlement that […]

Government proposals for schools in England, set out in the Education and Adoption Bill, miss the important issues currently facing schools, says UNISON. The public services union believe that a government obsessed with forcing schools to become academies is failing to address inadequate funding, excessive workloads or helping hard-pressed school business managers to support their […]

"Parents who are in line to see their tax credits slashed by the government will have some relief at the news, but the Prime Minister has made promises before. He said he […]

But voters should be wary of cynical pledges and gimmicks.

The unions were responding to government guidance released last night setting out how some students may return to face-to-face teaching in […]

Redeploying them to other roles is unfair on everyone. Parents will rightly assume their children are being taught by teachers, not teaching […]