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Where a primary school teaching assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a primary school teaching assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Primary school teaching assistants provide instructional and practical support to primary school teachers. They reinforce instruction with students in need of extra attention and prepare the materials the teacher needs in class. They also perform clerical work, monitor the students' learning progress and behaviour and supervise the students with and without the head teacher present.

Service and sales workers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: early years teacher, 75%

Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from primary school teaching assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a primary school teaching assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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primary school teaching assistant is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a primary school teaching assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.