This Forum provides delegates with an opportunity to learn from prominent researchers and practitioners about the latest thinking around improving the quality of teaching assistants (TAs), in order to increase their impact. Attendees will learn effective strategies for training TAs, and will explore how to broaden the roles that they can take on inside and outside the classroom, to raise attainment for all pupils.

This Forum is specifically designed for the Education Sector including Headteachers, Deputy and Assistant Headteachers, Directors for Education, Teaching and Learning Advisers, and Heads of School Improvement. This Forum is open to Schools, Higher and Further Education Institutions, Local Authorities as well as the Voluntary Sector to encourage debate and networking.

Key speakers:
• Dame Kate Dethridge, Deputy Director, North West London and South Central Regional Schools Commissioner Region, Department for Education (DfE) and Chair, Review of Standards for Teaching
• Rob Webster, Director, Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants (MITA) Project and Researcher, UCL Institute of Education
• Jon Richards, National Secretary for Education and Children’s Services, UNISON