Gemma explained: «The number of
TAs in mainstream schools has almost tripled over the last decade and the number of children displaying challenging behaviour included in these schools has also increased significantly.
Not exact matches
A study on the role of Teaching Assistants (
TAs)
in primary
schools has suggested that
TAs perceive themselves to have a positive effect on children displaying challenging behaviour and believe that without their support many of these children would be excluded from
mainstream school.
The report states: «Teaching assistants (
TAs) were central to strategies for educating pupils with Statements / EHCPs, with
school staff and parents indicating that pupils would be unable to «cope»
in a
mainstream setting without it.
She refers to Deployment and Impact of Support Staff
in Schools — an Institute of Education report that found a negative effect of TA support on academic progress it also found that the day - to - day support for pupils with SEN in mainstream schools was often provided by tho
Schools — an Institute of Education report that found a negative effect of
TA support on academic progress it also found that the day - to - day support for pupils with SEN
in mainstream schools was often provided by tho
schools was often provided by those
TAs.