§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the anticipated cost of training advanced teaching assistants to qualify for supervising whole classes in school. [HL1113]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandThe proposal to establish standards and training for the new role of higher level teaching assistant is included in my department's consultation documentDeveloping the role of school support staff. The costs of training for the role will depend inevitably on decisions about the model of training, which will not be made until the outcomes of the consultation are known after its deadline of 22 January 2003.