Can a school do this? HLTA covering class issue

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DD (PFB) is in year 2. Her current teacher is obviously following a teacher training programme as she is going to be spending 2 weeks at another school. We have been advised that a HLTA is covering for 6 of the 10 days.
Is this acceptable?

It is allowed , yes.

It's year 2 not year 10/11....

I am a HLTA and can plan and cover classes. I work closely with the teacher to prepare work that compliments topics they are working on. 6 days is a lot to cover in 2 weeks though, I would find it hard work and as a parent I would question how beneficial it is to the children.

Yes they can. We had similar issue during my ds's year 2 teacher going on maternity leave. Bet she won't get paid a qualified teachers rate for it though!! She may be a very good T/A in which case the children will do fine ... however, she's still unqualified, so not ideal.

Hopefully she's also getting a TA of her own to support her. As a parent I don't think I'd be that bothered if I liked and respected her (presume it's a woman!), as a fellow TA I hope she's getting a decent rate seeing as the school will be saving £100s by not getting a supply teacher in.