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Celebrate the Stars in Our Schools

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

School support staff lobby Parliament

School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Our education system is under sustained attack from Theresa May’s government

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.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Derby school support staff strike against pay cuts

Schools affected across the city as 500 protest outside Council House over imposed changes to contracts

Article on the UNISON National site.

Hardworking, dedicated school staff are being driven towards the exit door

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.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Schools face exodus of support staff over workload stress, says UNISON survey

UNISON believes these findings highlight a crisis in health and well-being engulfing schools, which could lead to a mass exodus of hardworking, dedicated staff […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Local government executive to explore help for school support staff

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

What schools need is stability, not constant faddish upheaval

Hiring lawyers and accountants to manage a transfer of land and buildings probably isn’t. Yet by dogmatically […]

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Half of Welsh councils to pay school support staff registration

UNISON will now use this momentum to encourage remaining authorities to pay registration fees also. Learning support workers, or teaching assistants, do vital but […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Neath Port Talbot becomes latest Welsh council to agree to pay fees

The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Caerphilly joins councils pledging to pay school support staff fees

Caerphilly council’s decision to pay fees comes as a result of an ongoing campaign by UNISON

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Glamorgan decision on learning support registration fees welcomed

Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

You were the stars in our schools

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 […]

Magazine, News on the UNISON National site.

New range of materials available to promote Stars in our Schools campaign

Canvas bags, pads, pencils, badges, paper ‘sandwich-size’ bags and mugs in the campaign colours of gold and purple are now ready for you to […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.