Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 94555

Academies: Supply Teachers

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of trends in the use of qualified supply teachers by academy trusts.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department values the work that supply teachers do and the important contribution they make to the smooth running of schools. The department has not made any assessments relating to academy trusts alone, but we have considered the school sector as a w...

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