Maidenhead & Windsor

Teaching assistants from throughout the Maidenhead Royal Borough will be honoured for their own educational achievements at a certificate presentation ceremony on Friday December 1.

The teaching assistants, representing more than 23 primary and secondary-age schools from Ascot, Maidenhead and Windsor, have achieved career-related qualifications ranging from NVQ2 through NVQ3 to Higher Level Teaching Assistant status.

Cllr Cynthia Pitteway, lead member for Maidenhead education, will present the certificates at the event which takes place at Moor Hall, Cookham from 4pm to 6pm. Headteachers and senior school staff will also attend to celebrate their staff members' achievements.

Cllr Pitteway said: "I would like to say a big congratulations and 'well done' to all of the teaching assistants who have worked so hard to achieve these qualifications.

"The Royal Borough, through the Learning & Achievement team, places a high priority on training for teaching staff. We realise that increasing their skills is of benefit to both the individual and the children they work with.

"The borough has a particularly good reputation for training teaching assistants and it is something that is regularly commented upon in Ofsted reports on our schools."

At present there are 200 teaching assistants from borough schools in training.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead