Hereford Academy demonstrates how TAs have played a key role in dramatically improving GCSE results, with proportion of grades A*-C rising from 33 per cent in 2006 to 74 per cent in 2008
Almost two thirds of pupils arrive at the Academy with a literacy age two years below their chronological age. The TA team manages and monitors a number of literacy and numeracy interventions that help target these pupils.
The Academy's policy to ensure that their TAs have access to specialist training is just one reason why these learning support schemes have been such a success.
Here, the TAs and their enthusiastic managers explain their formula for success, and how a happy and motivated team ensures a productive working environment.
