[Gavin78]

It works for same over here, there are job roles in education called HLTA's or cover supervisers.

Hlta roles are like teachers they plan lessons and take lessons when teachers can't for less money usually around £20-24k a year

Cover supervisers do the same role but don't plan lessons they take lessons already planned for absent teachers they get around 18-20k a year

However years ago and still happens now when she got her HLTA status which is an NVQ 4 level she couldn't get jobs in this area because NQT's were getting these roles or teachers and ex teachers that didn't want the teaching role anymore all got these jobs pushing those with the right qualification out for those with higher ones.

Forwarding on a few years she now has a PGCE but doesn't have the right one to get the full PGCE lvl 6.5 or something she said.

She decided not to bother going down the teacher route and opted for HLTA postions but still found that "teachers" going for these postions always got the jobs basicially she said it's pushed a NVQ lvl 4 job upto and beyond a degree level.

She's got a HLTA position now but it's took some years and 16 years working as a teaching assistant.

So we have to be carefull of what experiance and positions we fill here from outsiders that are over qualified for those posts