Teaching Assistant and Support Staff Training

We provide:

  • Induction courses for Primary and Secondary Teaching Assistants and guidance for schools through an induction toolkit
  • A range of courses, addressing, for example, Literacy Difficulties, Promoting Positive Behaviour, Language and Communication Difficulties, Child Protection, ICT for Primary/Secondary TAs, Behaviour in the Playground, amongst others.
  • A range of accredited training to promote professional development
  • Support for schools in teaching assistant professional development and performance management through the NAPTA audit tool
  • Support and advice for TAs on career development, including routes into teaching and other options
  • The opportunity for TAs to access funding for assessment for Higher Level Teaching Assistant status
  • Links for TAs with local FE and HE institutions, including a Foundation Degree for Teaching Assistants, to promote professional development and strengthen and clarify the ladders to QTS
  • Courses for teaching assistants and other support staff to support inclusion
  • Materials to support training
  • School based training
  • Tailor made courses for schools on effective use of assistants
  • Individual sessions with a class teacher and assistant
  • A newsletter for Teaching Assistants and support staff

Upcoming Training

The training courses that the Inclusion Advisory Service provides have finished for this school year. In July we hope to have the training course information for the Autumn term on this page.

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