Effective deployment of teaching assistants - a good practice guide

This guide (word) has been developed in order to provide school leaders, teachers and teaching assistants, with a useful starting point to consider the best use of TAs in relation to the pupils and teachers they support, their role, its effectiveness and their impact on pupil learning.

Headteachers, senior leaders, teachers and TAs can use these resources as a guide to:

recruitment
clarification of TA role
identifying the best way to lead and manage TAs strategically and on a daily basis
deployment
training and support

Although the document has been developed in the first instance for use in primary schools, with some adaptation it can be also be used in both special and high school settings.