Ms Morris told MPs and union representatives assembled at an education reception by the public services union Unison in Portcullis House, Westminster, that learning assistants were not 'recognised, valued or rewarded' for the work they did under the current system. She added that there was a need to look in detail at pay and at how to create a framework so that classroom assistants could move into teaching if they wished.
Ms Morris also told those present that she now tried to talk about 'teachers and all the others who are working in our schools', rather than teachers alone. The list of other roles, including nursery nurses and teaching assistants, was long and complex. 'I hope we have achieved the beginning of a debate about their proper role,' she said.
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