The situation in Scotland could offer some interesting pointers for things to come elsewhere in the UK. The Teacher Training Agency has just named the approved providers for Higher Level Teaching Assistant training, aiming to cater for 7,000 senior support staff in schools this year and 20,000 a year by 2006/07 (see News, page 4). Yet there are no plans for a national salary scale, with the DfES maintaining that pay should be determined locally.
Add to this the problems explained in this week's Special Report, 'Heading for a fall' (pages 10-11), with budget squeezes and falling school rolls affecting support staff jobs, and there could definitely be more trouble in store.
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