More assistants to train at higher level
Catherine Gaunt
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Teaching assistants in reception classes in England will comprise a new group among the 7,000 senior support staff in schools undertaking training as Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs) this year. The Government expects that there will be around 20,000 teaching assistants trained as HLTAs every year by 2006/07. It sees their role as vital to its strategy to reduce teachers' workloads.
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