WAMG Information and Guidance
UNISON members working in schools and education departments organise within local government branches. Any workplace issues or problems should be raised with the UNISON representative in the school or department (if there is one) or by contacting the UNISON branch at the local authority.
Most staff working in schools and local authority education departments are on local government pay and conditions. You can get more information on conditions in individual local authorities and schools from your local UNISON branch office.
UNISON works at regional level through regional officers who support branches.
(12/03/2009) WAMG Note 23 provides guidance on threshold and performance management in England from 2009.
(October 08) The new Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group (WAMG )Social Partnership website has gone live
(06/08/2008) The Social Partnership has published advice in response to growing concerns about support staff contracts, pay and conditions.
(16/07/2008)This guidance note outlines changes to threshold arrangements from September 2009, and the way in which performance management will become the evidence base used to inform the headteacher's assessment and decision.
(16/04/2008)This WAMG Guidance note provides advice on the effective operation of local social partnerships.
(16/02/2008) This guidance note provides information on updating local social partnerships.
In July the Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group (WAMG) organised three conferences to bring together local social partnerships (LSPs).
(31/07/07) UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, wants head teachers to end the exploitation of school support staff after official government figures reveal low pay and unpaid overtime is becoming the norm.
(11/8/04) Guidance on the deployment of HLTAs. The Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group has now agreed more detailed guidance on the role of higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs). It emphasises again that teachers and HLTAs are not interchangeable.
(18/08/2005) WAMG Guidance Note 11 - contains note providing schools with information about the work the WAMG is undertaking in relation to the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda in England, particularly in relation to extended schools.
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Documents: schools
SSSNB recruitment leaflet
New recruitment leaflet around School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
SSSNB recruitment leaflet
Trust Schools - Negotiating advice for school staff
This is an updated briefing note for UNISON branches in England on the development of trust schools, the first of which opened in September 2007.
Trust Schools - Negotiating advice for school staff
UNISON in education folder
A4 folder to hold education and million voices materials to hold materials when organisers and stewards go into school or other education workplaces.
Order online Stock no. 2582
UNISON – the union for school support staff – poster and leaflet
Poster and A5 leaflet. Recruitment materials for school support staff.
A5 leaflet - PDF
A4 poster - PDF
Order online stock nos - leaflet: 2628, poster: 2629
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