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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 63 members in total.


CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS

That this House pays tribute to the invaluable work of the country's 186,000 hardworking classroom assistants; welcomes the Government's plans to increase the number of teaching assistants and learning mentors; supports plans to build on their expertise by enabling them to work more closely with pupils with reading and writing, supervising lunchtime activities and giving pastoral and other individual support to pupils; notes that this will free up the country's 425,000 teachers to do what they do best, teach; and expresses disappointment at recent comments in the press disparaging their work and status.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS (455A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Fiona Mactaggart (primary, Labour) and tabled on Thursday, 22 November 2001. It has been signed by 9 members in total.
at and add 'and urges the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to develop more opportunities for in-service education and training for classroom assistants to enable those who desire it to qualify as teachers.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
455 
455A1 
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Non-teaching staff
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk