Support staff at two schools in Essex have won a long-running dispute to get an extra payment for their work with children with special educational needs (SEN), says UNISON today. The workers at Columbus School & College in Chelmsford and Pioneer School in Basildon – both SEN specialist sites run by Lift multi-academy trust – […]
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Teaching assistants at two special education needs (SEN) schools in Essex have suspended planned strikes after receiving a new offer from employer Lift, says UNISON today. Workers at Columbus School & College in Chelmsford and Pioneer School in Basildon had been due to walk out on Monday (2 March) as they pushed for an allowance […]

One hundred striking Essex school support staff will take their call for fair pay to academy chain Lift’s head office in London today, says UNISON. Classroom assistants and other frontline support staff from special education needs (SEN) schools Pioneer in Basildon and Columbus in Chelmsford will hold a lunchtime rally outside Lift HQ in White […]

School staff supporting pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in Essex have announced a series of strikes over a lack of recognition and pay, UNISON says today. Teaching assistants, pastoral support workers and other support staff at three schools run by the Lift Schools multi-academy trust will walk out next Wednesday (28 January), and seven […]