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UNISON has written to the 20 biggest catering companies to urge that they review their sick pay policies in order to help keep staff and pupils safe

Union says a phased return of all schools and colleges in England from 8 March will protect pupils and staff

‘Headline-catching announcements’ are not dealing with the practicalities needed to ensure pupils can return to school safely, says union

Only 2% of employees felt reassured

Ministers need to work with unions to create safe schools

Union will continue to campaign for more funding for the pay of key workers in local government and schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’

"West Cheshire UNISON are delighted that Edsential have agreed the pay rise and the positive result is testament to the […]

Members return to work as redundancy plans dropped after 36 days of strike action

UNISON is organising meetings and support after Cheshire academy chain announced 43 redundancies at seven schools across the county

Following on from national school meals week, which ends today, and in the run-up to next Friday’s Stars in Our Schools Day, 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 […]

Waverley is a school for children with disabilities. There are 115 pupils from age three to 19, with varying physical […]

Anyone can get involved in helping to organise a Stars in Our Schools event. Last year, hundreds of schools across the country organised events to celebrate a […]

The IPPR report comes as the UK Parliament considers the government's Education and Adoption Bill, which includes new provisions for converting English schools to academies. The […]