Teachers' trade unions in the United Kingdom explained
Teachers' trades union in the United Kingdom are trades union for teachers in operating in the United Kingdom.
Due to the differing education systems in the UK, most unions only organise in certain parts of the country and some focus on certain members of staff, such as headteachers. Teaching is an unusual profession in that it does not have one leading union, but has many different ones, often with differing aims. Having said that, the NEU and NASUWT jointly represent the vast majority of teachers in England and Wales, while the EIS represents the majority of teachers in Scotland.
For teachers and school staff looking for an alternative to the traditional teaching unions, Edapt provides legal support and advice in England and Wales.
List of teachers' trade unions
The table below lists all the UK's registered teachers' unions in the primary and secondary education sectors (up to age 16), with details of establishment, membership, where they organise and the types of members they accept:
Full name | Short name | Established | Members[1] | England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Channel Islands & Isle of Man[2] | Teachers | School leaders | Teaching assistants |
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Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland | AHDS | 1975 | 1,385[3] | | | | | | | | |
Association of School and College Leaders | ASCL | 1977 | 18,695[4] | | | | | | | | |
Community Education section (formerly known as Voice) | | 2004 | 43,865[5] | | | | | | | | |
Educational Institute of Scotland | EIS | 1847 | 59,371[6] | | | | | | | | |
Irish National Teachers' Organisation | INTO | 1868 | 6,842[7] | | | | | | | | |
National Association of Head Teachers | NAHT | 1897 | 27,988[8] | | | | | | | | |
NASUWT | NASUWT | 1976 | 282,890[9] | | | | | | | | |
National Education Union Association of Teachers and Lecturers section
| NEU/ATL | 2017(1978 as ATL) | 160,000[10] | | | | | | | | |
National Education Union National Union of Teachers section
| NEU/NUT | 2017(1870 as NUT) | 375,042[11] | | | | | | | | |
School Leaders Scotland | SLS | 1936 | Part of the ASCL | | | | | | | | |
Scottish Primary Teachers' Association | SPTA | 2011 | Did not exist | | | | | | | | |
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association | SSTA | 1944 | 6,609[12] | | | | | | | | |
Ulster Teachers' Union | UTU | 1919 | 6,429[13] | | | | | | | | |
Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru | UCAC | 1940 | 3,879[14] | | | | | | | | | |
See also
Notes and References
- For unions based in England and Wales, this is the number of members contributing to the general fund in 2010, according to the Certification Officer; for organisations based in Northern Ireland, this is the number of members in 2009, excluding those in the Republic of Ireland, according to the Northern Ireland Certification Officer for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations
- Not part of the UK, but use the English education system
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415091200/http://www.certoffice.org/CertificationOfficer/media/DocumentLibrary/PDF/5043T_2010.PDF . 2012-04-15 .
- Web site: DFE union returns.
- Web site: Annual Return for a Trade Union. 18 July 2023. publishing.service.gov.uk.
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- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-29 . 2017-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170901014852/http://www.nicertoffice.org.uk/fs/doc/publications/ulster-teach-union-20101018150856.pdf . dead .
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