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UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits

“No child should be going hungry, yet the government is missing the chance for one million young people living in poverty to have a nutritious school meal,” says UNISON national secretary Jon […]

Real-terms cuts to school funding since 2015 have led to a big reduction in the number of secondary teachers, teaching assistants and support staff in England, says research published today (Wednesday) by the School Cuts alliance of education unions.

The National Audit Office (NAO) report on the public finance initiative provides a scathing indictment of PFI and PF2, and confirms many of the fears UNISON has been raising for more than 20 years, the union said today (Thursday). The NAO says there are currently 700 PFI and PF2 deals in operation, and if no […]

Four in ten (41%) school kitchen staff are worried about their pay, with one in five (21%) earning the minimum wage, a new UNISON survey published today (Friday) has revealed.

Joint letter to Philip Hammond from UNISON, Unite and GMB calls on him to fund ‘a decent pay award’ for school and council staff in this wee’s local government settlement

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

Help celebrate our school support staff on social media at noon on 24 November

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

Government seem to think that such workers are easily dispensable – so-called “back office savings”. Yet office workers perform vital […]

From teaching assistants to teachers to pupils, asbestos in schools is a killer and cuts to school funding can only make the situation worse

Join us for a Lobby Against School Cuts to show MPs that, despite the Department of Education’s welcome rethink, there is still a problem

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

There will also be 35 new senior janitor roles at grade 4. Workers in these jobs will see their pay rise by £4,000 over the next two years. Overall, the agreement […]

The government’s funding announcement today (Monday) is disappointing and means a return to smoke and mirrors statements on school funding, say education unions. UNISON, ATL, NUT and GMB have said that whilst any extra money is welcome, it isn’t enough to stop the huge cuts that schools are making. Calculations published on the organisations’ School Cuts […]