Classroom Assistants: Special Educational Needs
Commons · Question 74974 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of teaching assistants on the provision of SEND support within schools.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 12 Sep 2025
Teaching assistants (TAs) play a vital role in children’s education, including for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).A departmental survey in 2023, ‘The use of teaching assistants in schools’, found that TAs across all school s...