Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 219
Non-teaching Staff
Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 22 July 2024
Named DayQuestion
Laurence Turner
Labour — Birmingham Northfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Birmingham and (ii) England in the last five years.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased each year since the 2019/20 academic year, to 510,400 in 2023/24, and has now passed the previous peak of 2015/16. This is an increase of 4,800 (0.9%) since last year. This increase is mainly d...
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