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- Higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs) delivering lessons Understand the legal requirements for HLTAs delivering lessons and covering absence, and read advice on when and for how long your HLTAs should be used in this way.
- Higher level teaching assistant (HLTA): qualification requirements Learn what qualification requirements you should use when hiring an HLTA, and how you can support a TA to step up.
- Teaching assistant or HLTA: model job description Download our model job description and person specification for a teaching assistant (TA) or higher level teaching assistant (HLTA) and adapt it to reflect your school's context.
- Support staff: pay scales and progression Pay scales for support staff such as teaching assistants (TAs) are determined locally, as are their career progression arrangements. Understand how to set your pay scales and progression frameworks, and how to determine pay for support staff on the SLT.
- Teaching assistants: professional standards Learn about the non-statutory professional standards for TAs and find out how you, your SLT and teachers might choose to use the standards.
- Employing unqualified teachers: requirements Find out the rules on employing unqualified teachers, including who's eligible and what work they can do.
- Teaching assistants: role and responsibilities Understand the regulations around teaching assistant (TA) roles and responsibilities, including 'specified work'. Learn about deploying TAs effectively and download our model job description and person specification for a TA, to adapt to your school's needs.
- Teachers' Standards: overview and career progression Read our summary of the Teachers' Standards, and find out how they relate to career stage expectations and progression.
- Prohibition from teaching checks You must carry out a prohibition check on all teachers and support staff who will do 'teaching work'. Understand what counts as 'teaching work' and how to do the check.
- Teaching assistants: performance objectives Read our sample performance objectives for teaching assistants (TAs) and tailor them to the roles, requirements and priorities in your school.
- Teaching assistants: expectations at different levels Understand the typical duties of TAs at levels 1 to 4, based on guidance from the National Joint Council (NJC) for local government services.
- Requirements for PE teachers Unqualified teachers and support staff can lead PE lessons as long as other requirements are met. Read expert advice covering insurance, after-school clubs, and meeting staffing ratios.
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