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Classroom Assistants: Devon

Commons · Question 35869 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 22 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase (a) salaries for and (b) retention of teaching assistants in Devon.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 22 Mar 2025

This government values and recognises the professionalism of the entire school workforce, which is why we are reinstating the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) through the Employment Rights Bill, introduced in Parliament on 10 October 2024.The...