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Hannah Harris

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▪️ B.Ed with QTS ▪️ 10+ years teaching experience ▪️ Diploma in journalism ▪️ #TADigest writer & editor at Twinkl Digest

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Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · Nov 22

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Twinkl Resources @twinklresources.bsky.social · 8h

Teaching assistants voice safety concerns over rise in St George’s flags around schools – DfE and unions respond to @tadigest.bsky.social
Read: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1n6fg4

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 1d

Catch up with everything from #TADigest this week
▪️ TAs and flags – DfE responds
▪️ teachers #1 request from SEND reforms = TAs
▪️ TA voice – bittersweet feeling surviving redundancy
▪️ and more ...

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/180egv

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 2d

Additional TA support is teachers’ number one request from SEND reforms, report finds

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1h2zg4

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 3d

Nearly half of teaching assistants supervise four or more break duties per week

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/edt5a

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 4d

Teaching assistants voice safety concerns over rise in St George’s flags around schools – DfE and unions respond

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/16m9ha

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 5d

As part of a new series inviting TAs to discuss the biggest challenges they face in the role, one teaching assistant describes the bittersweetness of surviving redundancy

(details at the end of the article to share your story!)

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/7mzm2

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 8d

Catch up with everything from #TADigest this week:
▪️ everything TA from the Labour Conference
▪️ TA vision from Bridget Phillipson and Georgia Gould
▪️ TA voice
▪️ and more ...

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/180egv

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 8d

A-Z of teaching assistant terminology: C is for collaboration, complex needs and CPD

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/gdg8t

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 9d

Teaching assistants need career pathways to become SENCos, trust CEO urges

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1mny4x

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 10d

We can’t keep losing committed teaching assistants to supermarkets, warns union leader

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jzb1r

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 10d

New Schools Minister @georgiagould.bsky.social told TA Digest at #Lab25 ‘it's critical that we value and invest in teaching assistants’

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1l2ye7

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 11d

Despite being vital pillars of SEND support, many TAs lack job security, have had their hours/jobs cut, or rely on food banks.

I asked Bridget Phillipson about this – bringing back SSSNB is a ‘big priority’ and this will 'tackle some of the big challenges’ #Lab25

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1hqic7

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 12d

Teaching assistant-led interventions just as effective as those by teachers, DfE says

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/8rhlg

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 13d

Unions call for teaching assistant investment at Labour Conference

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/18rjqr

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 13d

Today, tomorrow and Tuesday I'm at the Labour Conference in Liverpool and I'll be updating with all the edu-insights #LAB25

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 15d

Happy #NationalTADay and a great big thank you to every TA, LSA, HLTA or roles that come under the TA umbrella

Your impact goes so far beyond what you could ever know

I see you, I hear you and I appreciate you every day, not just today #TADigest 💛

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Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 16d

Ahead of #NationalTAday tomorrow, we asked TAs to rank the 8 things that matter most to them in their vital roles

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1e1i5g

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 17d

Two-thirds of teaching assistants have no job security, NCFE finds

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/sjtqw

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 19d

One in three school support staff providing medical care without adequate training, @gmb.org.uk finds

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/12eig4

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 19d

How teaching assistant deployment may be set to change

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/qlmjx

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 22d

Catch up with everything from #TADigest this week in one handy place

▪️ Ofsted's inclusion criteria
▪️ MPs on teaching assistants in SEND reform
▪️ tips for preventing catching classroom germs

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1ekh6k

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 22d

Join #TADigest as we explore the teaching assistant alphabet – one letter at a time

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/my0zn

Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 23d

Then, in an exclusive interview with @georginadurrant.bsky.social Education Committee chair Helen Hayes said teaching assistants are theunsung heroes of the SEND system

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/pnk7n
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Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 23d

Ahead of the DfE’s autumn white paper setting out #SENDreforms, the Education Committee have said that teaching assistant pay should reflect the role’s complexity

To find out more, read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/x0u1n

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Hannah Harris @tadigest.bsky.social · 24d

Reading: A DfE focus and the 2025 #NationalTADay theme 📚

Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/7ofhq