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Grade 3 teaching assistant( 1:1) question...

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Goshthatsspicy · 04/10/2015 16:30

My new job is grade 3. How does this work in a Primary school setting?
The pay structure is what l'm mainly wondering about? I'm assuming it has a seal for that grade?

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Snossidge · 09/10/2015 20:23

Surely it depends on who you're employed by? It's not going to be the same everywhere.

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Goshthatsspicy · 09/10/2015 20:39

I don't think l made my question easy to understand. :)
I know my grade amount and its sealing, but l was wondering how it could become a higher grade? What l might need to do really.

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Snossidge · 09/10/2015 20:45

I don't know, does your LA employ TAs on a higher grade?

belindarose · 09/10/2015 20:46

Usually 1:1 are the lower grades. I don't know why this is.There may well be a ceiling to your grade. It might be that you have to apply for a different TA job (in your school or a different one) at some point in order to progress. In my school there are sometimes jobs advertised internally at higher grades.

DelphiniumBlue · 09/10/2015 20:50

I suspect you'd need some sort of training to go above a Level 4 - in my school, all the level 5 &6 TAs have either a teaching qualification or HLTA training.
But ask at the school- the business manager would be the person to approach in the first place, as they know the ceiling for each grade.

rollonthesummer · 09/10/2015 21:05

What do you mean by the grade having a seal?

Spidertracker · 09/10/2015 21:07

At my school all the TAs are paid at band C.
Which is about 15800 to 18500 but pro rata. I do 25 hours and get just over 9000. HLTAs get paid at band d about 18000 to 20000 but pro rata again.

belindarose · 09/10/2015 21:14

Ceiling, I assumed, rollon. I might be wrong!

rollonthesummer · 09/10/2015 21:18

Oh! I hadn't even thought it might be ceiling!?

belindarose · 09/10/2015 21:19

!!

Snossidge · 09/10/2015 21:34

belinda - where I am 1:1 tend to be a higher grade then classroom TAs. Here the grades are 5 to 8, occasionally I have seen grade 9 advertised. Which is approx £15k-£21k pro-rata.

belindarose · 09/10/2015 21:42

That's good. Ours are banded A-D + HLTA. I've never understood why 1:1 (which I believe can be harder than general if done properly!) get paid less.

rollonthesummer · 09/10/2015 21:48

1:1 are paid less here, too. I'd much rather be a classroom TA than a 1:1 though!

belindarose · 09/10/2015 21:52

God, me too! I make sure all mine rotate around though, so that no child or adult is attached to the same person all day. So difficult and wearing for both parties.

AtSea1979 · 09/10/2015 21:55

I think if you want a higher grade you might need to be able to teach the children how to spell ceiling.

AtSea1979 · 09/10/2015 21:58

Though to answer your question Wink learning support mentors earn more money, as does training to be HLTA or becoming a SENCO. Obviously once you reach the top then your only option is to become a qualified teacher, assuming general teaching is the route you want to go down.

rollonthesummer · 09/10/2015 22:26

Though to answer your question wink learning support mentors earn more money, as does training to be HLTA or becoming a SENCO.

I thought the SENCo role could only be done by a qualified teacher?

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Goshthatsspicy · 10/10/2015 12:12

atsea l can spell. I didn't pick up on my phone deciding for me. Wink
Thank you for all the replies everyone.

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