This section provides information on developing the functional skills of school support staff who carry out an increasing variety of demanding roles.
Support staff
HLTA programme
Information on the higher level teaching assistant (HLTA) status, introduced in 2003 following workforce reform to raise standards and tackle workload in the classroom.
Multi-page article 05 September 2012
CPD database closure
Information about the closure of the national CPD database.
General article 20 July 2012
Becoming school support staff
Information on different support staff roles and opportunites for training.
Multi-page article 26 April 2012
Support staff qualifications
Information on the Qualifications and Credit Framework and support staff qualifications.
Multi-page article 26 April 2012
Skills for Life planner
This Skills for Life planner is designed to help anyone responsible for staff development in a school or local authority develop functional skills across the whole school workforce.
Multi-page article 26 April 2012
Apprenticeship frameworks for STL
Information on the apprenticeship frameworks for supporting teaching and learning (STL) in schools at level 2 (intermediate) and 3 (advanced).
General article 26 April 2012
Benefits of Skills for Life
An overview of the benefits of developing the functional skills of school support staff.
Multi-page article 26 April 2012
