The TUC fully supports the government’s ambition to establish a dedicated negotiating body for school support staff to improve employment conditions within the sector. We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation.
The School Support Staff Negotiation Body (SSSNB) will empower school support staff to negotiate their pay, terms, conditions and professional development so that they are fairly-rewarded for their work.
We welcome the government’s commitment that all support staff in state-funded schools in England will benefit. While we recognise that there will still be scope for local bargaining arrangements to negotiate above the SSSNB rate, we believe that the SSSNB should seek to negotiate an ambitious national agreement for school support staff. Similarly, we advocate for the extension of the SSSNB to agency and other outsourced workers, so that all those doing equivalent roles are paid the collectively-agreed rate for the job.
General questions – for all respondents
42. Do you think agency workers should be included in the SSSNB in the future?
Yes. The SSSNB has been established so that school support staff can collectively negotiate and agree the pay, terms and conditions for their roles. Excluding colleagues doing the same job would risk undermining the principle behind the SSSNB that there is a collectively-agreed rate for the job. Extending SSSNB coverage to agency workers would close...
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