UNISON’s status as leading school support staff union confirmed again

New TUC judgment agrees who can, and cannot, recruit and represent school support staff

Clara Mason standing on some stairs, surrounding by children running down the stairs. The children are out of focus

The beating heart of the school community

The new School Support Staff Negotiating Body is a genuine opportunity to make sure all school staff are treated fairly and equally

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2025 school support staff seminar

Topics this year included the Employment Rights Bill, children’s online safety and violent behaviour in schools

School budgets need protecting, says UNISON in response to IFS funding report

Delivering the education all children and young people deserve cannot be achieved without proper funding

Verbal abuse and violence are daily issues for one in three school staff, says UNISON 

Underpaid and undervalued school support staff dealing with violence

Stars in Our Schools celebrates 10 years at Westminster

MPs and UNISON members joined at a parliamentary reception to celebrate the importance of school support staff

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It’s almost here – a decade of Stars

Everything you need to know, and do, to get ready for the tenth anniversary of UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools

Former Ofsted inspector wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for brushing water off a child’s head

Inspector should never have been sacked and Ofsted shouldn’t have wasted public money pursuing him through the courts

14 years of the Tories – education and children’s services

UNISON’s national secretaries reflect on the disastrous effect of Conservative government on their sectors

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Local government education wins and woes

Education motions closed out the 2024 local government conference in Brighton

Female UNISON member smiling, with stickies on her fingers, at a UNISON learning event

Love to learn with UNISON

Did you know your union runs its own college? Find out what’s available for members and activists – or how members can become activists

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Christina McAnea address the school support staff seminar in Cardiff

Christina McAnea stresses how vital school support staff are

‘If support staff didn’t do their job, you’d notice it’

Struggling schools forced to rely on teaching assistants as cheap cover for teachers

Ministers are entirely responsible for the funding crisis that’s putting schools in this impossible position.

General election 2024: Back to school

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson speaks to UNISON about her plans to rebuild the education system – and how that can impact on the union’s members

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MPs celebrate college support staff

Westminster event sets the scene for UNISON’s Champions in Our Colleges celebration tomorrow (Friday 9 February)