Classroom helpers picket schools Protestors plan to hold another three-day strike next month. Classroom assistants in Northern Ireland have picketed outside schools as part of one-day strike action.

Pay offer put to school helpers Nipsa union members rejected a new pay offer. Unions say they will consult classroom assistants on the detail of an offer from the employers. Thousands of special needs ...

Teaching assistants could take charge of classes, under radical plans due to be unveiled by Education Secretary Estelle Morris today.