With schools around the country facing an alarming funding crisis, how will they be able to improve pay and prospects for teaching assistants? Simon Vevers reports
When Nottinghamshire became the first county to agree a salary and careers structure for teaching assistants (TAs) two years ago, school support staff from neighbouring Derbyshire crossed the border in search of better paid and more valued jobs.
The introduction of three grades in Nottinghamshire, with their own job descriptions, meant staff could earn between 10,500 at the unqualified grade one to 18,500 for the most qualified and experienced on grade three. Until then nursery nurses, now absorbed under the general title of TAs, had reached a dead-end in career development, unable to progress beyond a salary of around 13,000.
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