It has come to light that learning support assistants are being asked to complete lesson observation forms on the teachers supporting the ALN pupils they support. Teachers have not been told about this so it all seems a bit sneaky and underhand. They are being asked to judge our lessons on how well we engage students and how well supported the ALN pupils are in our lessons. Some of the LSAs have told teachers about this because they don’t feel happy that they are being asked to do this! A colleague saw one of the forms and said that it looked like a regular lesson obs form. It does seem as if some teachers are being targeted as well, the LSAs are being told which subjects to complete the observations in! Surely they can’t get away with this? I think this has already been reported to the union but I’m curious to know if this is happening elsewhere?