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What does a general assistant actually do in a school ?

9 replies

funfastic · 27/02/2023 17:50

Just for curiosity I'm intrigued to know what this job entails. I'm thinking it could be a nice little number while my children are at school but I have no idea what they would actually do.

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 27/02/2023 17:53

TA?
Planning interventions.
Delivering interventions.
Working with groups of children in or out of class.
Listening to readers.
Delivering precision teaching sessions.
If at a certain grade you can find 6ourawlf covering classes for teacher absence or for ppa.
Playtime duty.
All ours do a lunchtime duty every day.

Tron80 · 27/02/2023 17:57

I work in schools and never heard personally of that role. May be a little bit of everything /trouble shooting type role when colleagues are up against it.

"I'm thinking it could be a nice little number while my children are at school". Errr... if definitely won't be that!

mastertomsmum · 27/02/2023 17:58

Assume this is not a TA ? What does job detail say?

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YetMoreNewBeginnings · 27/02/2023 17:59

It’ll depend entirely on the school and the SLT tbh.

Abraxan · 27/02/2023 19:00

The whole school general assistant at my school is part of the admin/office team and don't work in the classrooms. Their role is quite wide from supply ordering to corridor/hall displays to creating the certificates for celebration assembly and much much more.

OldChinaJug · 27/02/2023 19:40

We have a 'general assistant'. It's a deliberately vague title so that everything is your job. In reality, she spends hours and hours photocopying.

Tron80 · 27/02/2023 19:59

"In reality, she spends hours and hours photocopying".

Ahem, Reprographics.. and thank goodness for them. The resources /documents/parent communications they produce tirelessly and endlessly are invaluable. Thank you all repro. Invaluable support and very much appreciated .

JustAnotherManicNameChange · 27/02/2023 20:20

Do you mean a TA or assistant for the office/SLT?

LolaSmiles · 27/02/2023 20:23

It would depend on the job description.

Once I knew cover supervisors who were also deployed to general admin when they weren't being used. That was back in the days when cover supervisors weren't used 5 lessons a day.

A general assistant is likely to be involved in admin, reprographics, reception duty, supporting the exam office in secondary, possibly some displays, maybe helping someone with trip admin.

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