The figure is up from 64 per cent on the year before, an increase of 14 percentage points.
The teaching union ATL surveyed its members working as support staff in state-funded and academy schools in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, last winter.
Almost three-quarters of respondents indicated that it was not possible to supervise a class without delivering a lesson. This is despite the role of a cover supervisor to just supervise pupils’ work, but not teach.
A teaching assistant (TA) in a primary academy in Buckinghamshire said, ‘We are expected to deliver high-quality lessons not just supervise the class.’
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