Bedford Borough Council recognises the following trades unions for collective bargaining purposes.
Those which would be of use to schools are listed below:
- National Association of Head teachers (NAHT)
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) - The Teachers Union
- National Association Primary Education (NAPE)
- The National College of Teaching and Leadership (accessed via the Department for Education website)
- National Union of Teachers (NUT)
- VOICE - The union for education professionals
- Association of School and College (ASCL)
- The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)