There is a ‘big strategic gap in the White Paper’ around teaching assistants' roles, Rob Webster warns – TA Digest, March 2026
Advancing international comparative research on the roles of teaching assistants in schools – European Educational Research Association, November 2025
SEND reform: How a citizens’ assembly could break the impasse –Tes, September 2025
Teaching on the cheap? The extent and impact of teaching assistants covering classes and leading lessons – British Educational Research Association, July 2024
The Salamanca Statement: Will SEND support ever meet its goals? –Tes, May 2024
Teaching assistants routinely cover lessons in England and Wales, survey finds –The Guardian, April 2024
Why inclusion makes economic sense – Tes, February 2024
Does ‘what works’ work for SEND? – Tes, January 2024
How do we measure inclusion? – Tes, November 2023
Do we really know what inclusion is? – Tes, October 2023
SEND Green Paper: Why the DfE needs to win families' trust – Tes, 29 March 2022
Why we must find the 'missing' children with SEND – Tes, March 2022
Why schools should rethink teaching assistants' role – Tes, September 2021
Improving the connectivity of research on teaching assistants: Creating a new space for researchers – British Educational Research Association, June 2021
Who benefits from inclusion? – Schools Week, May 2021
Why Ofsted is wrong about TA support for SEND pupils –Tes, May 2021
Internationalising research on teaching assistants: A call for expressions of interest in creating a research network – European Educational Research Association, May 2021
What can international data tell us about education paraprofessionals? Almost nothing– European Educational Research Association, March 2021
The aim of the game is to support kids –The Psychologist, February 2021
In the Covid-19 catch-up, beware intervention traps –Tes, September 2020
Teach First mentors? This job is tailormade for TAs –Tes, July 2020
Inspiring and supporting schools to maximise the impact of teaching assistants – BERA Research Intelligence, June 2020
Leading without limits: The role of school culture in implementing evidence-based practices – Chartered College of Teaching, February 2019
Next week, there will be no TAs –Tes, December 2018
What Ofsted needs to recognise about inclusion –Tes, October 2018
Investigating classroom contexts for learning for pupils with special educational needs: Class size, groupings and interactions – British Educational Research Association, August 2018
Strictly classroom: Why knowing your dance routine can help you maximise the contribution and impact of teaching assistants – Chartered College of Teaching, June 2018
Why the Warnock report still matters today –Tes, May 2018
Five ways schools can support high-mobility learners – Schools Week, June 2018
The myth of inclusion –Tes, June 2017
Tes talks to... Rob Webster –Tes, November 2016
The best ways to work with teaching assistants – The Conversation, February 2015
Relying on teaching assistant support for SEN students is a false economy –The Guardian, April 2014
Conversation about teaching assistants with Prof Michael Giangreco, Rob Webster, Aimee Durning MBE, and Dr James Biddulph. January 2022
Reflections on the 1978 Warnock Report on Special Education.
Rob Webster interviews Baroness Mary Warnock. May 2018