In his speech to the Labour Party conference, education secretary Ed Balls confirmed that the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) would agree a new framework for pay and conditions in maintained schools.
He told delegates, 'Teaching assistants, dinner ladies, cleaners and caretakers - all our support staff are vital to our schools. We will now legislate for a statutory body to agree a new and flexible framework for their terms and conditions.'
Philip Ashmore was named as the SSSNB's independent chair.
The new legislation is part of a package of reforms to help the schools workforce and includes giving teachers guaranteed time away from the classroom to plan and prepare lessons and assess pupils, including extra time for newly qualified teachers.
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