The local government School Support Staff Committee, attended by school headteachers and representatives from local authorities and unions representing support staff, met for the first time last week. The meeting was welcomed by Transport and General Workers' Union education support staff national representative Chris Kaufman, who said it displayed the Government's recognition of the role that support staff, including classroom assistants, play in delivering high-quality education. He said, 'Together with local government employers, we will now be looking at training and career development as well as pay and reward structures to reflect properly the importance of their work.'
The local government School Support Staff Committee, attended by school headteachers and representatives from local authorities and unions representing support staff, met for the first time last week. The meeting was welcomed by Transport and General Workers' Union education support staff national representative Chris Kaufman, who said it displayed the Government's recognition of the role that support staff, including classroom assistants, play in delivering high-quality education. He said, 'Together with local government employers, we will now be looking at training and career development as well as pay and reward structures to reflect properly the importance of their work.'
