Classroom Assistants: English Language
(asked on 28th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants who speak a language other than English to a native level of proficiency have a specific responsibility to provide support to pupils whose first language is not English.
This question was answered on 9th May 2016
The Department does not hold data on languages spoken by Teaching Assistants.
The deployment of Teaching Assistants, including any responsibilities for supporting pupils whose first language is not English, is a matter for schools to decide.