It's a period of change here in UCAC's head office as we say goodbye to Delyth Jones who was the union's Membership and Finance Secretary for nearly 30 years. Delyth was well known to our members all over Wales as the first point of contact to those phoning the head office and as the one welcoming members to UCAC's stand at both the Urdd and National Eisteddfod. Thank you Delyth for your long and distinguished service to the Union.

The period during and leading up to an Estyn inspection can be a difficult one for teachers.

UCAC welcomes today’s statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the findings of the National Survey of the Education Workforce. We support carrying out a similar survey every 2-3 years as a means to see how the situation develops within the profession over time.

UCAC’s General Secretary, Elaine Edwards will fly to Edinburgh this week as part of Education Secretary Kirsty Williams’ Welsh deputation at the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP).

Following the publication of the results of a recruitment and retention survey of UCAC’s members, the union is calling on the Welsh Government to work strategically and immediately to reduce the excessive workload and extreme stress facing the profession.