Standards and training for school support staff
Key Policy Issues

This section will be of interest to policy makers who wish to consider ways of:
  • Using school support staff to free teachers to concentrate on the core business of teaching

  • Developing the role of school support staff

  • Providing training and professional development opportunities for school support staff

  • Introducing qualifications for school support staff

  • Introducing a career structure for school support staff

  • Providing routes into the teaching profession for school support staff

  • Using support staff to raise standards of teaching and learning

  • Equipping the whole school workforce with a common core of skills and knowledge that will benefit pupils
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