Education and early years

At Community, we’re proud to support and represent thousands of people working across the education and early years sector in the UK, including:

Whether you work in a school, college, university, nursery or creche, all education and early years workers work tirelessly to shape the minds of future generations. Unfortunately, issues around recruitment and retention, heavy workloads and low pay severely impact the sector. That’s where we come in!

Our team of dedicated education and early years officers, trade union representatives and regional officers are always on-hand to support and guide our members working in the sector through any issues or challenge they may face, and negotiating locally and nationally with government to secure better policy, pay and terms and conditions for everyone working across the sector.

In 2020, Voice, the union for education professionals joined the Community family, and with it, brought centuries of experience and knowledge.

Join the union for education and early years workers today

Together with our members working across the entire education and early years sector, we are delivering a fairer world of work for all teachers, teaching assistants, education support staff, early years workers and nannies.

Become an integral part of our trade union and join us today. Whatever your income or support needs, our rates will always work for you, with Community membership starting from £7.13 a month. You can find our full list of subscriptions here. If you are studying to become a teacher, join today for FREE throughout the duration of your course.

Look below to find out more about our membership benefits, how we can help you at work, and how we are fighting to secure better pay and recognition across the education and early years sector.

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Specialist education and early years advice and representation

We understand that everyone’s situation at work is unique. Through our skilled legal officers, and trade union reps, we have a deep understanding of the intricacies of the education and early years sector and are on hand to support our members with issues around pay, disciplinaries and competency issues, to TUPE, bullying, managing difficult children and more.

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Access member-exclusive benefits

As a Community member, you have access to a vast range of exclusive benefits, designed to help you inside and out of work. This includes CPD-accredited training and development opportunities, discounts and saving on hundreds of high-street brands, legal support, financial help for when times get tough and much more

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Access CPD-accredited training and learning

Through your Community membership, you have access to over 650 CPD- accredited learning course and training programmes, ranging from mental health, lesson planning and managing challenging behaviour courses to bullying prevention, PREVENT and safeguarding certificates.

Every opportunity is designed to support and help you thrive in your career and beyond.

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Insurance for self-employed tutors, coaches and lecturers

As a Community member, you get access to discounted professional indemnity and public liability insurance, exclusive to self-employed Community members working in the education sector to cover you for when things go wrong.

Join the union for education and early years workers today

At Community, we are fighting for a better world of work for everyone working across the education and early years sector, and we want you to join us. Become an integral part to our ever-growing membership and join our fight to secure better pay, rights and recognition for all education and early years workers across the UK.

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