Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 57861

Classroom Assistants: Resignations

Tabled: 5 June 2025

Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants have left the profession in the last year; and what estimate her Department has made of the cost to schools of this turnover.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

Teaching 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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