NASUWT MEMBERSHIP
The Walsall NASUWT Teachers' Union, works to protect the status of the teaching profession and deliver real improvements to teachers' and school leaders.
Joining NASUWT
We are a teachers' union. There are currently over approximately 2000 members of the Walsall Association. We are the largest teachers' union in the Walsall Authority. Our local office is at Rushall in Walsall. The office has full time staff who can be contacted directly via email.
We hold general meetings, usually half termly. We produce newsletters on a regular basis which are distributed to all members through schools. Our main function is to support Walsall members, which is done on a personal level or through our range of courses which can be run throughout various centres and at Rednal, Birmingham.
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We are a teachers' union. There are currently over approximately 2000 members of the Walsall Association. We are the largest teachers' union in the Walsall Authority. Our local office is at Rushall in Walsall. The office has full time staff who can be contacted directly via email.
We hold general meetings, usually half termly. We produce newsletters on a regular basis which are distributed to all members through schools. Our main function is to support Walsall members, which is done on a personal level or through our range of courses which can be run throughout various centres and at Rednal, Birmingham.
Membership Offers
The current membership offers the NASUWT has in place include free and then further reduced subscriptions for newly qualified teachers and free subscriptions for student teachers.
There is also free membership for six months from the point of joining for any practising teacher who has not had free membership recently and agrees to provide bank details for future monthly direct details at the point of joining.
Teachers can also view the NASUWT's current subscription rates for when they do have to start paying subscriptions to the Union.
Tax Refunds
Professional fees and subscriptions
You can reclaim tax on fees or subscriptions you pay to some approved professional organisations - but only if you must have membership to do your job or it's helpful for your work. You can't claim tax back on fees or subscriptions you've paid to professional organisations not approved by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), or for:
- Life membership subscriptions
- Fees or subscriptions you haven't paid for yourself, ie your employer has paid for them
Teach PE or sports?
If you are a PE teacher try this and let me know what happens.
If you teach PE or sports lessons you can also claim tax relief on the cost of any sports clothing you buy for this purpose. Click here to see explanation of this from HMRC's manual.
How to do it?
I phoned gave my National Insurance number. I told them about the fees? (£186.40 a year which has not changed in 5 years) I was asked a few more questions then my Tax Code was changed I got a cheque about 10 days later for £133.
Phone
- Telephone: 0300 200 3300
- Textphone: 0300 200 3319
- Outside UK: +44 135 535 9022
Opening times:
8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday
8am to 4pm Saturday
Closed Sundays and bank holidays
Best time to call:
Phone lines are less busy before 10am, Monday to Friday
The Walsall NASUWT Teachers' Union, works to protect the status of the teaching profession and deliver real improvements to teachers' and school leaders. The Union's aim is to serve the best interests of teachers no matter what party forms the Government at national or local level.
