UNISON in Schools
@unisoninschools.bsky.social
UNISON is the largest education support staff union in the UK.
Need support? Call 0800 0857 857.
Promoted by UNISON, 130 Euston Road, NW1 2AY.
Need support? Call 0800 0857 857.
Promoted by UNISON, 130 Euston Road, NW1 2AY.
Join the national conversation on SEND! School support staff are invited to join Schools Minister Georgia Gould online tomorrow for a discussion on early SEND reform: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversati...
Conversation on ‘early’ SEND reform principle with the Schools Minister
Join the Schools Minister and a panel of experts for a live online discussion as part of a series of events focussed on SEND reform.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Join the national conversation on SEND! School support staff are invited to join Schools Minister Georgia Gould online tomorrow for a discussion on early SEND reform: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversati...
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School support staff are the backbone of education – but a @unisoninschools.bsky.social survey reveals a workforce under strain: unpaid hours, shrinking teams, low pay... Joanna Parry explains why this is a risk for every pupil & every school: buff.ly/zM969Xc #teaching #edusky #education
Support staff: Dedicated, expert but exhausted - SecEd
UNISON survey exposes growing crisis for school support staff: unpaid hours, blurred roles, staff shortages, and low pay
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December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
School support staff are the backbone of education – but a @unisoninschools.bsky.social survey reveals a workforce under strain: unpaid hours, shrinking teams, low pay... Joanna Parry explains why this is a risk for every pupil & every school: buff.ly/zM969Xc #teaching #edusky #education
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This International Day for the Abolition of Slavery we focus on modern slavery and migrant workers.
Migrant workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation. The health and care visa ties workers to their employers and and cases of modern day slavery are on the rise.
unsn.uk/40fbIvx
Migrant workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation. The health and care visa ties workers to their employers and and cases of modern day slavery are on the rise.
unsn.uk/40fbIvx
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This International Day for the Abolition of Slavery we focus on modern slavery and migrant workers.
Migrant workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation. The health and care visa ties workers to their employers and and cases of modern day slavery are on the rise.
unsn.uk/40fbIvx
Migrant workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation. The health and care visa ties workers to their employers and and cases of modern day slavery are on the rise.
unsn.uk/40fbIvx
#starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars day is here 🥳! The work you do in our schools and early years settings is essential, keeping children safe and healthy in a supportive environment where they learn and flourish. Without you, schools and early years settings would not function.
⭐THANK YOU⭐
⭐THANK YOU⭐
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars day is here 🥳! The work you do in our schools and early years settings is essential, keeping children safe and healthy in a supportive environment where they learn and flourish. Without you, schools and early years settings would not function.
⭐THANK YOU⭐
⭐THANK YOU⭐
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🗓️ One day to go!
We would love to see how you’ll be celebrating Stars in Our Schools and Early Years Stars tomorrow, share your pics and don’t forget to use #starsinourschools #earlyyearsstars in your posts ➡️ unsn.uk/3NNeEc9
@UNISONinSchools
We would love to see how you’ll be celebrating Stars in Our Schools and Early Years Stars tomorrow, share your pics and don’t forget to use #starsinourschools #earlyyearsstars in your posts ➡️ unsn.uk/3NNeEc9
@UNISONinSchools
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🗓️ One day to go!
We would love to see how you’ll be celebrating Stars in Our Schools and Early Years Stars tomorrow, share your pics and don’t forget to use #starsinourschools #earlyyearsstars in your posts ➡️ unsn.uk/3NNeEc9
@UNISONinSchools
We would love to see how you’ll be celebrating Stars in Our Schools and Early Years Stars tomorrow, share your pics and don’t forget to use #starsinourschools #earlyyearsstars in your posts ➡️ unsn.uk/3NNeEc9
@UNISONinSchools
Join 100s of educators and activists from across the education spectrum for a day of critical discussion exploring the role of educators in organising for a just transition.
At Regents High School, London on Saturday 14 March 2026.
Claim your free ticket here: buytickets.at/ministryofec...
At Regents High School, London on Saturday 14 March 2026.
Claim your free ticket here: buytickets.at/ministryofec...
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Join 100s of educators and activists from across the education spectrum for a day of critical discussion exploring the role of educators in organising for a just transition.
At Regents High School, London on Saturday 14 March 2026.
Claim your free ticket here: buytickets.at/ministryofec...
At Regents High School, London on Saturday 14 March 2026.
Claim your free ticket here: buytickets.at/ministryofec...
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School support staff help keep schools clean, safe and fed. They are superstars who deserve to be celebrated so nominate a star for our prize draw today - www.starsinourschools.uk/nominate-a-s...
@UNISONinSchools
@UNISONinSchools
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
School support staff help keep schools clean, safe and fed. They are superstars who deserve to be celebrated so nominate a star for our prize draw today - www.starsinourschools.uk/nominate-a-s...
@UNISONinSchools
@UNISONinSchools
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Well said, TUC! 💜
Education workers across Wales gave everything to keep children safe and learning during the pandemic. They deserve recognition and respect.
Read the full TUC statement:
www.tuc.org.uk/news/wales/s...
Education workers across Wales gave everything to keep children safe and learning during the pandemic. They deserve recognition and respect.
Read the full TUC statement:
www.tuc.org.uk/news/wales/s...
Statement on the Covid inquiry module on children and young people
Shavanah Taj, General Secretary of TUC Cymru, speaking on behalf of schools unions said: "Throughout the pandemic, education staff always put the interests of children first. In fact, they regularly p...
www.tuc.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Well said, TUC! 💜
Education workers across Wales gave everything to keep children safe and learning during the pandemic. They deserve recognition and respect.
Read the full TUC statement:
www.tuc.org.uk/news/wales/s...
Education workers across Wales gave everything to keep children safe and learning during the pandemic. They deserve recognition and respect.
Read the full TUC statement:
www.tuc.org.uk/news/wales/s...
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The three recognised school support staff unions have agreed a joint statement on school support staff, concerning the TUC Disputes Committee's decision to uphold our complaint regarding the NEU.
Find out more and read the statement here: unsn.uk/sssunion
Find out more and read the statement here: unsn.uk/sssunion
UNISON's status as leading school support staff union confirmed again | Article | News | UNISON National
New TUC judgment agrees who can, and cannot, recruit and represent school support staff
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October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The three recognised school support staff unions have agreed a joint statement on school support staff, concerning the TUC Disputes Committee's decision to uphold our complaint regarding the NEU.
Find out more and read the statement here: unsn.uk/sssunion
Find out more and read the statement here: unsn.uk/sssunion
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As part of #starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars – we’ve just opened nominate a star. This prize draw is all about recognising the wonderful contribution of support staff in schools and early years settings. Find out more - unsn.uk/3SJsH6e
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
As part of #starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars – we’ve just opened nominate a star. This prize draw is all about recognising the wonderful contribution of support staff in schools and early years settings. Find out more - unsn.uk/3SJsH6e
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Too many support staff in #schools are asked to take on significant healthcare roles, often having to manage complex conditions despite not being health professionals. Joanna Parry – @unison.org.uk – says something has to change: buff.ly/5TfDEEq #teaching #education
Schools and healthcare: ‘An accident waiting to happen’ - SecEd
Survey findings from UNISON show support staff are forced to take on increasingly complex healthcare roles in schools
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October 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Too many support staff in #schools are asked to take on significant healthcare roles, often having to manage complex conditions despite not being health professionals. Joanna Parry – @unison.org.uk – says something has to change: buff.ly/5TfDEEq #teaching #education
The joint union guidance on ventilation in schools and colleges has been updated. Good ventilation and measures to clean the air will help reduce sickness absence and therefore help maximise attendance.
Download the guidance: www.unison.org.uk/content/uplo...
Download the guidance: www.unison.org.uk/content/uplo...
www.unison.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The joint union guidance on ventilation in schools and colleges has been updated. Good ventilation and measures to clean the air will help reduce sickness absence and therefore help maximise attendance.
Download the guidance: www.unison.org.uk/content/uplo...
Download the guidance: www.unison.org.uk/content/uplo...
This is an incredibly moving testimony from Angharad, a UNISON Cymru school support worker, about working through the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you to Angharad for sharing her story.
"School staff put children’s welfare first in the pandemic.” Watch UNISON School Support Staff Forum vice chair, Angharad, talk about life in school hubs during covid.
“It was a horrible, horrible time – because you felt powerless.”
Angharad is a Teaching Assistant and worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hear Angharad’s first-hand account of the risks to life taken by school staff, as the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social now takes evidence on schools.
Angharad is a Teaching Assistant and worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hear Angharad’s first-hand account of the risks to life taken by school staff, as the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social now takes evidence on schools.
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is an incredibly moving testimony from Angharad, a UNISON Cymru school support worker, about working through the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you to Angharad for sharing her story.
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We can’t keep losing committed teaching assistants to supermarkets, warns union leader
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jzb1r
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jzb1r
October 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We can’t keep losing committed teaching assistants to supermarkets, warns union leader
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jzb1r
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jzb1r
💜 There for You – UNISON’s charity – is opening its
Seasonal Food Fund 2025 tomorrow! Get ready to apply.
www.unison.org.uk/.../there......
🗓️ Opens 12 noon, Tue 30 Sept – 24hrs only
💷 £30 voucher per eligible household member
👨👩👧 For those on low income/in financial difficulty
Seasonal Food Fund 2025 tomorrow! Get ready to apply.
www.unison.org.uk/.../there......
🗓️ Opens 12 noon, Tue 30 Sept – 24hrs only
💷 £30 voucher per eligible household member
👨👩👧 For those on low income/in financial difficulty
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
💜 There for You – UNISON’s charity – is opening its
Seasonal Food Fund 2025 tomorrow! Get ready to apply.
www.unison.org.uk/.../there......
🗓️ Opens 12 noon, Tue 30 Sept – 24hrs only
💷 £30 voucher per eligible household member
👨👩👧 For those on low income/in financial difficulty
Seasonal Food Fund 2025 tomorrow! Get ready to apply.
www.unison.org.uk/.../there......
🗓️ Opens 12 noon, Tue 30 Sept – 24hrs only
💷 £30 voucher per eligible household member
👨👩👧 For those on low income/in financial difficulty
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UNISON North West young member Zaihera Chaudhry asks Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson about the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) and if she will ensure consistency in how school staff are paid and evaluated #TUC25 @unisoninschools.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
UNISON North West young member Zaihera Chaudhry asks Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson about the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) and if she will ensure consistency in how school staff are paid and evaluated #TUC25 @unisoninschools.bsky.social
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Good luck to all those awaiting results today! 🍀
Thank you to all the other stars in our schools - the staff who have helped everyone throughout the school years and continue to support them as they step into their future! 💫
Thank you to all the other stars in our schools - the staff who have helped everyone throughout the school years and continue to support them as they step into their future! 💫
August 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Good luck to all those awaiting results today! 🍀
Thank you to all the other stars in our schools - the staff who have helped everyone throughout the school years and continue to support them as they step into their future! 💫
Thank you to all the other stars in our schools - the staff who have helped everyone throughout the school years and continue to support them as they step into their future! 💫
"Without school support staff, schools would collapse.”
Read the latest article from UNISON about why the School Support Staff Negotiating Body is so important.
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Read the latest article from UNISON about why the School Support Staff Negotiating Body is so important.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Without school support staff, schools would collapse.”
Read the latest article from UNISON about why the School Support Staff Negotiating Body is so important.
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Read the latest article from UNISON about why the School Support Staff Negotiating Body is so important.
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What have the trade unions ever done for us? Join former national radio host turned UNISON East Midlands communications guy Chris Birks as we answer that question and many more in this light-hearted journey through the world of trade unions. sites.libsyn.com/509048
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What have the trade unions ever done for us? Join former national radio host turned UNISON East Midlands communications guy Chris Birks as we answer that question and many more in this light-hearted…
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August 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What have the trade unions ever done for us? Join former national radio host turned UNISON East Midlands communications guy Chris Birks as we answer that question and many more in this light-hearted journey through the world of trade unions. sites.libsyn.com/509048
Members in England, Cymru and Northern Ireland: an agreement has now been reached on pay. Our priority is to make sure members receive this pay rise as soon as possible.
🚨UPDATE – following the consultation of members working in councils and schools, an agreement has been reached to accept the Employers' offer of 3.2%. Emails to branches and members have been sent out today. Visit the campaign page for more information: unsn.uk/4l3jq3W
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Members in England, Cymru and Northern Ireland: an agreement has now been reached on pay. Our priority is to make sure members receive this pay rise as soon as possible.
School support staff in England, today is your last chance to take part in the Department for Education's consultation about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. If you've not yet taken part please take a few minutes to do so now.
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
Setting up the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB)
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
School support staff in England, today is your last chance to take part in the Department for Education's consultation about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. If you've not yet taken part please take a few minutes to do so now.
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
School support staff in England - there are only a few days left to take part in the Department for Education's consultation about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. If you've not yet taken part please take a few minutes to do so now.
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
Setting up the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB)
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
School support staff in England - there are only a few days left to take part in the Department for Education's consultation about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. If you've not yet taken part please take a few minutes to do so now.
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...
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There are only a few more days to get involved in the DfE's SSSNB consultation
It closes on 18th July 2025 at 11:59pm
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1e0asv
It closes on 18th July 2025 at 11:59pm
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1e0asv
July 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
There are only a few more days to get involved in the DfE's SSSNB consultation
It closes on 18th July 2025 at 11:59pm
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1e0asv
It closes on 18th July 2025 at 11:59pm
Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1e0asv
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Is it too hot to work? 🥵
Sign the TUC petition for a maximum working temperature www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
UNISON guidance: www.unison.org.uk/health-and-s...
Join the TUC week of action: mass workplace inspection www.tuc.org.uk/news/workpla...
Sign the TUC petition for a maximum working temperature www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
UNISON guidance: www.unison.org.uk/health-and-s...
Join the TUC week of action: mass workplace inspection www.tuc.org.uk/news/workpla...
We need a maximum working temperature
Every summer, temperatures are rising and working in prolonged heat and sun can be dangerous. It can cause a number of health concerns, from dehydration and dizziness to the most serious of…
www.megaphone.org.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Is it too hot to work? 🥵
Sign the TUC petition for a maximum working temperature www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
UNISON guidance: www.unison.org.uk/health-and-s...
Join the TUC week of action: mass workplace inspection www.tuc.org.uk/news/workpla...
Sign the TUC petition for a maximum working temperature www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...
UNISON guidance: www.unison.org.uk/health-and-s...
Join the TUC week of action: mass workplace inspection www.tuc.org.uk/news/workpla...
School workers - have your say about school food!
Chefs in Schools recently polled parents about school meals, publishing the findings this morning. Now it's time for school workers to have their say - visit the campaign page to add your views and share stories about the food in your school: chefsinschools.org.uk/the-future-o...
The Future of School Food | Chefs in Schools
Campaign
chefsinschools.org.uk
July 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
School workers - have your say about school food!