Oral Question·Department for Education
“What steps she plans to take to improve the pay, terms and conditions of teaching assistants and support staff.”
Tabled: 29 October 2024Answered: 4 November 2024
Asked by
Ian Lavery
Labour — Blyth and Ashington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson)
School support staff are crucial to ensuring that we give children the best possible life chances. That is why we are reinstating the school support staff negotiating body, the new national voice for some of those who do the most important work in our schools. In 2010, the Tories scrapped the body. Within our first 100 days, Labour started the legislative process to bring it back. That is because we value the vital role that support staff play in our education system.