Support staff
Specific advice for support staff members.
Advice
Professional standards for teaching assistants
Unions representing support staff have issued these teaching assistant standards for all stakeholders to promote and adopt
Support staff workload in the state sector
NEU believes that the increase in the quantity and complexity of work for school support staff has now reached crisis point. This advice is designed to help those working in state and academy schools to deal with this unmanageable workload.
Support staff workload in the independent sector
NEU believes that the increase in the quantity and complexity of work for school support staff has now reached crisis point. This advice is designed to help those working in independent schools to deal with this unmanageable workload.
HLTAs and cover supervisors
NEU advice giving a brief synopsis of the advent of the Workload Agreement, and the ‘dos and don’ts’ for HLTAs and cover supervisors.
Classroom observations of support staff
NEU advice on observation by colleagues and others of support staff in schools.
Support staff job descriptions and job evaluation
Support staff guidance on job descriptions – their accuracy, and how to go about changing them, and details on job evaluation.
Lone working: support staff
NEU advice on risks of lone working and what can be done to counter them.
Personal care of pupils
This advice aims to clarify your rights and responsibilities related to toilet-related care of pupils.
Support staff employment rights
The employment rights of support staff in maintained and academy sectors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Support staff term-time working
An initial section of guidance on term-time working has now been agreed between the local government employers and the recognised trade unions
The 2014 local government pension scheme
An overview of the Local Government Pension Scheme, introduced in 2014
Support staff pay and conditions
Pay and conditions agreement for support staff - most LA schools use the local government pay scales to pay their support staff in conjunction with National Joint Council (NJC) terms and conditions.
Press release
NEU survey shows widespread funding and workload pressures on school support staff
The National Education Union’s largest ever survey of support staff* in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, published today, shows members are struggling to cope with real-terms funding cuts and the consequent additional pressures on workload.
Support staff struggling with increasing workloads, says NEU survey
Teaching assistants, school administrators and other support staff are having to work overtime to cope with the increasing workload as schools cut staffing to cope with budget cuts, according to a National Education Union survey released today by the ATL section of the union at its annual conference in Liverpool.
NEU Survey finds workload increases for support staff in schools as staff are cut
Teaching assistants, school librarians and lab technicians are facing a soaring workload as staff are cut and they are increasingly being expected to teach, according to a National Education Union (NEU) survey of over 1,700 support staff members.