Contractual terms of teaching assistants

Published on: 20 November 2018

Question type: Oral

Asked by: Geoffrey Southern

Reference: OQ.205/2018

Answered by: States Employment Board

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2018.11.20

22 Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier of the Chairman of the States Employment Board regarding the contractual terms of teaching assistants: [OQ.205/2018]

Question:

Will the Chairman inform Members under what contractual terms teaching assistants are employed and, if arrangements other than permanent contacts are in use, state why?

Answer:

Teaching Assistants are employed under Civil Service Terms and Conditions. Some Teaching Assistants are utilised on a fixed term basis. This may happen for the following reasons:

to work on a one-to-one or small group basis with pupils that may have been assessed as having special educational needs;

to work on time-limited interventions with children with additional funding under the Jersey Premium programme;

to cover maternity leave, or

to cover long term sickness absence