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The affected schools were built with “crumbly” reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from the 1960s to 1990s, with a life expectancy of around 30 […]

‘We now have the absurd situation of government departments ringing schools days before term begins, telling them to prepare for potential building closures’

The union agreed to suspend further strikes for talks at conciliation service Acas. The school has now reduced the number of job losses to three […]

Southend school staff have fought off changes to holiday pay calculations that could have left them thousands of pounds a year worse off. Around 350 staff in community schools would have seen their pay drop by between £40 and £2,800 each year after Southend Council proposed changes to the formula for calculating holiday pay for […]

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea is to visit Ipswich later this week as council and school support staff vote on whether to strike over pay. Christina McAnea will speak at a rally on Friday outside Suffolk County Council headquarters Endeavour House as local government workers call for a pay rise of 2% above inflation. Staff […]

Mary Robson HR Director for the Nottingham Diocese said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with UNISON, to […]

UNISON members are writing to councillors to demand fair school funding. Will you join them?

More than a third of a million council and school support staff across England and Wales will begin voting today (Tuesday) on whether to strike over pay.

But UNISON warns the level of cuts is totally disproportionate to the forecasted fall in class sizes, pointing out that the threatened staff play a vital role in […]

“UNISON and parents have managed to reduce the number of job losses, but unfortunately Pot Kiln and Suffolk County Council still want to sack essential staff. “Pot Kiln […]

"There must be fair and long term funding for maintained nursery schools. The early years funding settlement for 2023-24 leaves the early years […]

Nearly half of teaching assistants at Pot Kiln Primary School in Suffolk face the sack, UNISON reveals today. The Sudbury school plans to lay off up to 15 of its 36 classroom assistants and midday supervisors, blaming an “unforeseen” budget shortfall of £75,000 and flagging student numbers. Pot Kiln claims it has more teaching assistants […]

“This should not be a luxury for families. “This asset has proven hugely popular with our families as they pop up, do their […]

The lack of any government messaging on COVID has also affected the issue

Cash-strapped school support staff are using their own money to help pupils and their families cope with the cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON today (Friday). A ​UK-wide union survey of more than 6,000 school workers reveals staff – including teaching assistants, catering and cleaning workers, librarians and sports coaches – are buying food for hungry pupils, and contributing towards the cost of […]