Welcome to NAPTA

The National Association of Professional Teaching Assistants (NAPTA) is a membership organisation that works with schools, local authorities and other education settings to realise the potential of support staff, whatever their role. It provides its members with a range of specialist services to help individuals develop as professionals and to deliver whole-school improvement.

Membership

Thousands of schools across the country have become members of NAPTA and enjoy a range of benefits, including resources and support to provide performance management and CPD for all support staff.

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Free resources

As part of its commitment to developing support staff and supporting their managers, NAPTA also provides news, information, advice and planning resources for support staff and their managers.

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News releases

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Teachers TV TA Week

Monday 6 April 2009 sees the start of a week of programming especially for teaching assistants and HLTAs on Teachers TV. Topics covered include CPD, literacy, special schools and becoming an HLTA. Programmes are also available on the Teachers TV Web site.