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Number of schools with Raac rises to 174

Stopping the virus in its tracks and keeping pupils and communities safe should be a top priority

It’s not too late for ministers to introduce additional measures to protect pupils, staff and their families before Christmas

Indeed a toolkit produced by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), a leading independent organisation that focuses on research in education, even claimed that, while TAs bring value to school […]

‘The surge in cases in our schools is extremely concerning … Enough is enough’

The Education Endowment Fund, an independent research organisation that UNISON has worked with on the effective deployment of teaching assistants, will provide […]

- ISS has been awarded more than £300m worth of contracts since 2015. It brought in the payroll changes between 18 April 2019 and 9 May 2019 to pay staff fortnightly. Media contacts: Garfield Myrie […]

Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves

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

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

There are some significant changes from the original proposals announced earlier in the year. The department stated that an extra […]

If you are interested in running a course in your school, talk to your local UNISON branch or call 0800 0 857 857 and ask to be put in touch with your […]

Calculations published on the organisations’ School Cuts website show that under the Conservative Party’s manifesto plans for school […]

Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back