Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 38509
Classroom Assistants: Conditions of Employment and Pay
Tabled: 14 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Question
Yuan Yang
Labour — Earley and Woodley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) pay and (b) other conditions of teaching assistants in schools.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellTeaching assistants play a vital role in children’s education.Most school support staff, including teaching assistants, are currently employed on National Joint Council (NJC) for local government services pay and conditions. The NJC is a negotiating body ...
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