Jennifer Horgan: Two adults in a classroom makes sense in this day and age

A classroom works seamlessly when there is another adult in the room. It could be a team teacher, something increasingly common in countries like Austria, Denmark, and Italy, with positive results

Future classrooms should have a minimum of two adults. File picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Now that our government has pressed pause on its disastrous SNA reconfiguration, I’d like to press fast forward. Future classrooms should look different to the past in one fundamental respect — they should have a minimum of two adults.

Whether that second adult is another teacher, or an SNA, (recognised for the work they do beyond their brief), or a teaching assistant, they are needed. Two adults should be our baseline approach.