Recently, I was invited to take part in a local BBC radio discussion as part of a news report highlighting how significant numbers of local teaching assistants and school support staff are considering leaving their jobs.
This, the programme’s research found, was the result of restructuring and the increased demands being placed on these professionals. It was an area like many others in the South of England, certainly not unusual in any particular way.
It reflected the frustrations that many are feeling. Tracy, a primary teaching assistant, told the presenter of how, when she first went to work at a local school she had received a good introduction from the school team and leaders and had really enjoyed it.
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