Dr Linda James       Mrs E. Mountstephens B.A.     Mrs J Rowell B.A.                 Mrs A Westoby BSc  MSc 

Headteacher        Deputy Headteacher        Assistant Headteacher         HR, Data & Network 

My Ref: LJ/JD 

Date:   8.4. 20      

Dear Parents / Carers 

Re:  Best Practice with Teaching Assistants Award 

This is to inform you all that Chasetown Community School is embarking on a new project which will lead to our school to achieve the “Best Practice with Teaching Assistants Award” in the future. With a focus on the leadership and work of all teaching assistants, the BPTAA is an exciting initiative that provides a process and framework for self-evaluation, planning and development, sharing of good practice and a celebration of success for the work of teaching assistants in all phases and types of schools and academies. 

The award provides a straightforward, practical resource to support whole school improvement through leading the management and support of teaching assistants. 

The core purposes that underpin the Best Practice with Teaching Assistants Award are: 

1. To recognise and celebrate the invaluable, increasingly complex role of teaching assistants in supporting the teaching and learning and pastoral care of pupils. 
     
2. To evaluate, monitor and support the leadership, management and work of teaching assistants in order to maximise pupil attainment, achievement and well-being of pupils. 

                                                              Yours sincerely 

                                                          Liz Mountstephens 

                                                               Deputy Head