What developments have taken place to enhance the training and qualifications available to teaching assistants?
National occupational standards for teaching assistants have been available since 2002. To access details please click here www.lg-employers.gov.uk. The standards are relevant to assistants working with children from the start of infant school to the end of compulsory schooling and include specific units dealing with supporting special educational needs, literacy, numeracy, information and communications technology (ICT) and language. Established awarding bodies have now developed National Vocational Qualifications at levels 2 and 3 based on these standards which have been available since September 2002. The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) has developed standards and training for higher level teaching assistants, building on existing training and qualifications, (including the new NVQs for TAs) and linking these to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) standards. See www.hlta.gov.uk for details.
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