After many years of intense discussions between UNISON and the Welsh Government it has been announced that there will be no Level 1 Teaching Assistants in Wales as of September 2026. Schools will receive full central funding to place all Level 1’s onto Level 2 contracts. This is a huge victory for UNISON, the Cymru SSS Forum that is supported by Cymru LG Committee, and for my colleague Rosie Lewis. More details here.
The way school support staff’s pay and employment conditions are negotiated in England is changing. We are asking members in Wales how they would prefer their pay is negotiated in future and that will become UNISON Cymru’s lobbying position with government. Hearing your opinion is really important. We are holding a three-week consultation process and…
If you work in a Denbighshire school, you will hopefully have received by now an email from Laura Dodds. She is our UNISON local organiser and will be working with us in Denbighshire on building the union in our schools. The email contains a survey of schools members so we can learn more about your…
We have been working with management in Education & Children’s Services, HR and Elected Members and are pleased to announce the new draft Forster Friendly Policy that will be going to cabinet for approval. The policy should be of great interest to UNISON members. It contributes to several of our aims. The policy will provide…
TENS of thousands of school and college workers in Wales have been spared a registration fee rise following a Unison campaign. Since 2016, all 50,000 learning support workers in Wales must be be registered with the Education Workforce Council. The certificate costs £45 a year but was subsidised by the Welsh government so learning support…