Trying to shave a few pound a day from an underpaid TA. For a daily dinner duty with full responsibility for children’s safety while standing outside in all weathers.

Signed

because of the election my petition closes end of this month & it won’t reopen. I’m so upset as don’t think I’ll get the number required for a response.This feels utterly fruitless all the effort for 3 months cut off. Need 10,000

Please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6559…

💬 'There has been a 74% cut in funding towards teaching assistants. These are the lifeblood of any school.”

Thank you Mike Storey CBE 🔶 for highlighting the impact of financial pressures on school leaders, who increasingly need to use Pupil Premium funding to plug budget gaps.

Workers in councils and schools should reject low pay offer, says UNISON

Council and school staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are worth far more than the “disappointing” pay increase they’ve been offered by employers.

Hundreds of thousands of workers in local

Council and school staff pay offer falls short, says UNISON

Local government employers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland today announced a pay offer of at least £1,290 for council and school staff - falling short of our claim

UNISON head of local government Mike Short:

The 2024 TA pay claim has been rejected 🚨

Instead of the £3000 requested, TAs have been offered a ‘full and final pay offer’ of £1290

Read more 👇
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A worrying proportion of school leaders are having to make cuts to teachers, teaching assistants and support staff.

Trips and extra-curricular activities are also being reduced.

Our research reveals a worsening picture of school finances 👇

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Nominations are now open for Dyslexic Mum (Mooki Cards)'s Dyslexia Champion TA award 🏆

Nominate a TA colleague today 👇
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This week at #TADigest
▪️51% of secondary & 25% of primary TAs now cover classes
▪️Theresa McQuiston on TA retention
▪️over 55s ‘overlooked’ for training
▪️all Wensum Trust TAs to be made redundant in staffing restructure
▪️TAs in China
▪️and more ...
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😢 Such a short sighted decision! Another example of the work of TAs being undervalued by those at the top 🤬Jon Biddle Jon Richards Hannah Harris - TA Digest

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 There's a petition here if you could possibly share. change.org/p/halt-wensum-…

Curriculum narrowed 📉
Children’s happiness down📉
Attendance down📉
Exclusions up 📈

Is this what we came into teaching for?

'TAs are, in effect, plugging gaps in the teacher workforce, at the apparent cost of not only creating gaps in provision for the most disadvantaged pupils but to the personal and professional detriment of themselves'
– Rob Webster UNISON in Schools

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Pupils miss out on classroom support & interventions as teaching assistants are increasingly used to cover classes due to the teacher recruitment crisis #educhat #schools #education #SEND The Guardian Rob Webster
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#Reshare of yesterday's #TADigest live from UNISON in Schools support staff conference

General secretary Christina McAnea spoke about the 'astonishing' challenges facing the TA role as she stated: 'If school support staff didn't do their job, you'd notice' 👇

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Interesting arguments being made here about the assessment of maths.

Should the ‘intermediate’ paper return?

Is there a better way to test?

Schools having to cut back on support staff means SEND children not receiving the 1-2-1 support needed.

Vote in our preliminary ballot for support staff to demand Govt commits further funding to improve staffing levels. Closes at 4pm #InvestInEducation
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