Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 74974

Classroom Assistants: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of teaching assistants on the provision of SEND support within schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould

Teaching assistants (TAs) play a vital role in children’s education, including for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).A departmental survey in 2023, ‘The use of teaching assistants in schools’, found that TAs across all school s...

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