Nursery World - Government to review the status and professionalism of teaching assistants

The Department for Education has commissioned an independent review of the standards for teaching assistants.

As part of the review, a panel of experts will come up with a new set of standards to raise the status and professionalism of teaching assistants.

The new clearer and concise standards will replace the current set and better reflect the diversity of the schools system.

They will also aim to:

Schools will be able to use the new standards to assess the performance of teaching assistants.

Chair of the review Kate Dethridge, principal of Churchend Primary Academy in Reading, said, ‘I welcome this opportunity to work with colleagues to write a set of standards to raise the status and professionalism of teaching assistants across our schools. We hope to ensure that the development of these standards will make a significant contribution to a self-improving, school-led system.’

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