HLTA as Class Teacher (non-QTS)

[Cheeseandolivesplease]

Is this happening in your local primaries? I know it is in some of ours. Edited to add: as in teaching 1 out of 2/3 of the classes in a year group, presumably overseen by a qualified teacher.
How do you feel about it?
I'm not happy with it but schools are doing nothing wrong so guess it's just the way it will be going forward.

I was an HLTA in secondary, whilst doing teacher training. I covered PPA for teachers, teaching teacher planned lessons, did marking, which the class teacher would check. Probably 4 periods a week. Better for the students than having a cover supervisor, and very beneficial for me. I went on to qualify, become an English teacher, then Head of Faculty, at the same school. I always appreciated my TAs and HLTAs who would sometimes take small groups for catch up sessions.

My experience at primary is different though, the HLTA at my children’s school covered a lot of lessons, wasn’t really supervised, and it concerned me and other parents. We raised it a parents evening, after our year six students preparing for SATs had HLTA more often than teacher. School thankfully took us seriously, and changed timetabling. Keep on top of it @Cheeseandolivesplease, is my advice.

Yes, and it shouldn't be. Whilst TAs and HLTAs have so much value in schools, they should never be teaching primary or secondary, even from a teacher's planning.
There is a reason why it takes, at a minimum, 5 years to be a fully fledged teacher. It is a graduate profession and it should be kept that way.
It is just a way of saving money. The difference in the delivery quality of lessons is huge, even when the lessons are teacher planned.
And don't get me started on teachers that just read through a Twinkl PowerPoint. Lazy.

Totally agree with this.
It's wrong on both sides. As said above teachers are highly qualified professionals and the pupils deserve to be taught by them. Generally, TAs and HLTAs aren't so qualified and they're not paid enough to do a teacher's job and it undermines the profession. It's just to save money. Perhaps the overpaid CEOs could consider a pay cut

Also, it's another reason as to why older, more experienced teachers are often being "managed out." There's a much cheaper (unqualified) alternative available.