Spotted this on the Primary school thread.
A right wing think tank is calling on the Goverment to 'phase out' teaching assistants.
www.reform.co.uk/portals/0/Documents/Reform%20Budget%202010%20FINAL.pdf
The re is a campaign and petition against it here
weneedtas.blogspot.com/
I suggest if anyone is outraged by this to make their feelings known to reform, to Michael Gove (Minister for education) and your local MP to make sure this does not happen and why our TA's are so vital.