Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 57860
Classroom Assistants: Recruitment and Labour Turnover
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025
Question
Tom Hayes
Labour — Bournemouth East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teaching assistants since 2020.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellTeaching assistants play a vital role in children’s education in schools across the country.The school workforce census shows that the full-time equivalent (FTE) of teaching assistants has increased each year since 2019/20, rising to 288,800 in 2024/25. T...
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