1.What pay bands apply to the Teaching Assistants within Devon County Council? Please list entire pay scale from top to bottom ie most senior to most junior with all spinal points in between.
In Devon Local Authority Maintained schools, there are four separate Teaching Assistant posts, graded at B, C, D and E on the Devon pay scales. The relevant scales are provided below. The numerical points are not sequential but are a feature of the agreed pay ranges.
| Grade Point | Annual Salary (Full Time) |
| B2 | £17,771 |
| B3 | £18,065 |
| C4 | £18,426 |
| C5 | £18,795 |
| C6 | £19,171 |
| D7 | £19,554 |
| D8 | £19,945 |
| D10 | £20,751 |
| D11 | £21,166 |
| D12 | £21,589 |
| E16 | £23,369 |
| E18 | £24,313 |
| E19 | £24,799 |
| E21 | £25,801 |
| E22 | £26,317 |
2. Please provide details of the pay scale (from top to bottom) of Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs) within Devon County Council.
The Higher Level Teaching Assistant Post in Devon is Grade E. The scale for this post is provided in the response to Q1.
3. What pay bands apply to the ASD Advisory Teachers within Devon County Council? Please list entire pay scale from top to bottom ie most senior to most junior with all spinal points in between.
ASD Advisory Teachers are paid on the relevant Teachers Pay scales.
4. Please list the qualifications considered acceptable by Devon County Council as LA for a Teaching Assistant post.
Grade B – Level 1 Induction/basic skills and good numeracy and literacy skills
Grade C – NVQ2 and good numeracy and literacy skills
Grade D – NVQ3 plus numeracy and literacy skills at least equivalent to level 2 of the NQF
Grade E – Higher level specialism / Management responsibilities. NVQ4 plus numeracy and literacy skills at least equivalent to level 2 of the NQF
5. Please list the qualifications considered acceptable by Devon County Council as LA for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant post.
As per the ‘Grade E’ qualifications listed in Q.4 above.
6. What pay bands apply to the ASD Advisory Teachers within Devon County Council? Please list entire pay scale from top to bottom ie most senior to most junior with all spinal points in between.
As per Q3
7. What training does Devon County Council as LA provide for Teaching Assistants within Devon County Council?
Training courses made available for Teaching Assistants to attend in the period 2014-2019. Some of the events were not just for for Teaching Assistants.
8. What training does Devon County Council as LA provide for Higher Level Teaching Assistants within Devon County Council?
As per Q7
9. What training does Devon County Council as LA provide for ASD Advisory Teachers within Devon County Council?
The Council does not hold this information.
10. Please list training provided for Teaching Assistants within Devon County Council over the last 5 years.
Please see the response to Q7
11. Please list training provided for Higher Level Teaching Assistants within Devon County Council over the last 5 years.
Please see the response to Q7
12. Please list training provided for ASD Advisory Teachers within Devon County Council over the last 5 years.
The Council does not hold this information.
13. Please provide a copy of the Service Level Agreements with your Local NHS Trusts within Devon County Council as regards the provision of Speech and Language and Occupational Therapy within King Edward VI Community College.
The Council’s SEN team does not have any service level agreements with NHS trusts for Speech and Language Therapy or Occupational Therapy within King Edward VI Community College.
14. Please provide a copy of the Service Level Agreements with your Local NHS Trusts within Devon County Council as regards the provision of ASD Advisory Teachers within King Edward VI Community College.
The Council’s SEN team does not have any service level agreements with NHS trusts for ASD Advisory Teachers within King Edward VI Community College.
15. Do you have any contracts with any specific Primary Care Trusts for any Speech and Language Therapy and/or Occupational Therapy provision within schools within Devon County Council as LA maintained mainstream?
The Council has an Occupational Therapy contract but it is for specific children not specific schools. This is provided by Children and Family Health Devon – Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
15a What is the funding that you supply under these contracts?
£84,000
15b What Therapy (Speech and Language and/or Occupational Therapy) is provided under these contracts within the setting set out above?
Direct speech and language therapy intervention is delivered to individual young people in their education setting where this is part of an individual child’s Education Health Care Plan (EHCP).
15c How much Therapy (Speech and Language and/or Occupational Therapy) is provided under these contracts within the setting set out above; how often; by whom (Qualified Therapist or Teaching Assistant)?
Direct speech and language therapy intervention delivered to individual young people in their education setting where this is part of an individual child’s EHCP. This will be individual for each child or young person based on need. Any Occupational Therapy provision provided under the contract is provided by a qualified therapist. The quantity and how often would again be attributed to an individual child.
15d Which schools are provided with Therapy (Speech and Language and/or Occupational Therapy) within Devon County Council area?
This contract is not attributed to specific school but for specific young people where this is identified in their EHCP.
16. Do you have any contracts with any specific Primary Care Trusts for any ASD Advisory Teacher provision within schools within Devon County Council as LA maintained mainstream?
Please see the response for Q14
16a What is the funding that you supply under these contracts?
None.
16b Which schools are provided with ASD Advisory Teachers within Devon County Council area?
Schools are not provided with ASD Advisory Teachers. Advisory teachers are provided for children, so applicable to all schools.
17. What is the AWPU or similarly named sum/fund which would follow pupils into mainstream school?
Figures for 2019/20 are as follows:
Primary – £2,747
Secondary Key Stage 3 – £3,863
Key Stage 4 – £4,386
17a Does the amount vary as to age of pupil? If so what is the amount for secondary school pupils?
Please see response to Q17.
18. Please advise what is the additional on cost to the Local Authority Employer as a percentage of salary, (ie, National Insurance/Pension Contribution) for Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants?
This cost would vary in each case due to the circumstances of the individual and the school, there is no recorded formula for how this is calculated.
18a Please include variations associated with age of pupils taught and variations associated with number of hours worked by the employee.
This cost would vary in each case due to the circumstances of the individual and the school, there is no recorded formula for how this is calculated.
19. Please advise what is the additional on cost to the Local Authority Employer as a percentage of salary, (ie, National Insurance/Pension Contribution) for ASD Advisory Teachers?
This cost would vary in each case due to the circumstances of the individual and the school, there is no recorded formula for how this is calculated.
19b Please include variations associated with age of pupils taught and variations associated with number of hours worked by the employee.
This cost would vary in each case due to the circumstances of the individual and the school, there is no recorded formula for how this is calculated.
20. Does the Local Authority always deduct £6,000 notional budget from the monies that fund an EHCP from the money given to school?
No, we do not deduct the £6,000 notional from the monies that fund an EHCP from the money given to a school.