Performance reviews
Equipment
Working from home
Disabled workers and coronavirus
Bereavement leave
Dealing with stress at work
…If not treated, these can lead to long-term mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Stress, depression and anxiety can lead to reduced productivity and performance issues. What causes…
CV writing (student resource)
Hazardous substances
Types of schools
Disciplinaries
Violence against education and early years staff
Interview advice (student resource)
Early Years Code of Practice
…highest possible standards of performance, and aim to improve their knowledge, skills and competencies by taking advantage of in-service and other training; constantly evaluate and reappraise their own methods, policies…
Ventilation, air conditioning and CO2 monitors
Education policy podcast
Join Martin and Rob for the latest news and updates in education and early years in England. From leadership and exams to further and higher education, inspections and pensions, find…
LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace
When people feel included, they will feel a sense of belonging which not only creates a more positive working environment, but also drives increased performance as well as building team…
Occupational health
Observations
Menopause at work FAQ
…because of your menopause symptoms. If your employer is aware that your menopause is causing your performance to dip, but is not taking that into consideration when reviewing your performance,…
Industrial action
Academisation
Advice centre
Welcome to Community’s advice centre. We’ve collated all our advice and guidance for members here so you can get advice on the issues affecting you at work. Just click any…
Bullying and harassment
Community calls for return of Sure Start
…Moreover, children eligible for free school meals who lived near a Sure Start centre, saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades – six times higher than children not eligible…
Community welcomes draft measures to boost teacher recruitment and retention
…reminder of the importance of workload reduction as identified in the recommendations from the 2016 and 2018 workload advisory groups; embed the Government’s own Wellbeing Charter; removal of performance-related pay;…
Community calls for review into SPS-GEOAmey arrangement
…follows publication of a report from the Auditor General for Scotland this week which stated that the poor performance of GEOAmey – which is contracted to transport prisoners to and…
School Teachers’ Review Body report
…alongside other education unions, and issued a joint statement to the Education Secretary on Performance-Related Pay. The joint statement reads as follows: “This joint union statement on PRP supplements the…
GCSE & VTQ Results
…performance can be negatively affected. Over 600,000 students sit GCSEs each year, which means that there may be as many as 100,000 students experiencing test anxiety each year and this…
Draconian anti-strike bill breaches human rights
…performance, increasingly feeding into algorithmic management systems. Huge quantities of data are collected about workers, including detailed personal and sensitive personal data. We are particularly concerned about the impact of…
Urgent action needed to address crisis in teacher pay and supply
…people too. Major pay reforms, dismantling the national pay structure and imposing unfair Performance Related Pay, have created significant problems and must now be remedied. The statement from ASCL, Community,…
Community tells STRB teachers’ pay completely unacceptable
…pay structure and imposing unfair PRP (performance-related pay) have created significant problems, but remain in place and unchallenged by the review body process. “An urgent change of course is required….
New investment programme at British Steel
British Steel has today announced that it has started work on £80 million of investments to enhance its product range and improve operational and environmental performance. The bulk of the…
Pay increase secured at ASOS Barnsley
…remove the outdated performance related pay system were acted upon, and this been replaced with a fair benchmarking process, another fantastic result for our members. Our major thanks and congratulations…
Taking the path to green steel to Parliament
…to consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance against…
Steel unions respond to Liberty Steel UK restructuring announcement
…and 45 at the Performance Steels business in West Bromwich. At the same time Liberty has announced investment to increase production at the Rotherham works, with a potential increase of…
Education unions call on government to repair damage to teacher and school leader pay
…against inflation since 2010. The joint union statement to the STRB further calls for a fair national pay structure and the removal of performance-related pay (PRP), for an end to…
Behaving professionally on social media as an educator
A Level results 2021
…since they take account of a range of sources of evidence produced over the whole course and are not reliant on student performance ‘on the day.’ With Simon Lebus, interim…
GCSE results 2021
…achieved in an exam since they take account of a range of sources of evidence produced over the whole course and are not reliant on student performance ‘on the day.’…
Education unions unite to reject Government pay freeze
…of mandatory pay points for progression in all pay ranges, and the scrapping of performance-related pay (PRP), as the evidence suggests this has a negative impact. Deborah Lawson, Assistant General…