Train to Gain operates across England and has been developed from the highly successful Employer Training Pilots (ETPs).  You may be entitled to paid time off for a Skills for Life course and/or vocational training if you don't have a Level 2 qualification (equivalent to a GCSE). Ask your UNISON union learning rep for more details or visit the Train to Gain website.

In addition, the government proposes that any adult without a full Level 2 qualification or equivalent should be entitled to free tuition to achieve a Level 2 either through a college course or via the workplace with their employer's agreement. Ask your UNISON learning rep for more details or visit the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills website to see the Skills Strategy.

The website has also been designed as a vital tool to help trained union learning representatives (ULRs) in schools carry out their role more effectively.

We hope that ULRs will use the site both to encourage school staff to gain recognition of their existing skills and help them acquire new ones.

We have also made sure the site is useful and relevant to staff developers, including headteachers and other members of school management as well as local authorities.

Skills4Schools is managed by UNISON If you are a member or would like to join UNISON call 0845 355 0845 or complete the online form.