And how we support our most vulnerable learners should be front and centre of educational policy decisions. Including who is delivering for them.

Then, it once again becomes this idea that teaching and supporting is a vocation not a profession. Therefore, it doesn’t need to be paid what it’s worth. Crazy when you think how important this all is…

This could be good for some of those older more experienced TAs. They will have empathy and knowledge about the children in their care. It could be a great step to acknowledge and develop this but if you have trained to level 5, you should be paid as level 5. Will the money be there for that?

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Black History Month is coming up with the theme ‘Reclaiming Our Narratives.’ In education, let’s ask: Whose stories are centred? Whose are missing? It’s time to move beyond performative acts and make Black British History truly part of British History—beyond single stories and beyond struggle.

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