Sutton Trust polling highlights importance of support staff to ministers’ education reforms, says UNISON

Poll highlights gap between ministers’ ambitions to reform Send and the reality in schools

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

White paper reforms must ensure special educational needs funding goes where it’s needed, says UNISON

Ministers and schools must properly recognise and reward the vital role support staff play in delivering for children with send

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

School budgets need protecting, says UNISON in response to IFS funding report

Delivering the education all children and young people deserve cannot be achieved without proper funding

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Sleepwalking into a special educational needs crisis

Chronic underfunding, overworked staff and simply not enough schools – inadequate SEND provision is leaving ‘vulnerable children by the wayside’

Special educational needs provision won’t improve unless teaching assistants are valued

TAs must be paid more to deal with shortages

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
busy classroom with children sitting on the floor

Children with special needs feeling the brunt of staffing shortages, UNISON survey reveals

‘Support staff have stepped up to the plate as staff shortages in schools bite’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.