Schools in England risk losing TAs to supermarkets over ‘chronic’ low pay

Exclusive: report finds cost of living crisis driving teaching assistants into other work and budget cuts will mean fewer roles

Schools in England risk haemorrhaging" vital teaching assistants to better-paid jobs in supermarkets and other places because of the cost of living crisis with recruitment becoming increasingly difficult, according to a report.

Headteachers have also said that cuts to school budgets and promised staff pay rises - that will not be funded by the government - will put schools in a desperate situation and many will have to cut TA roles, taking away support for some of the most vulnerable children.