Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 488

Non-teaching Staff: Halifax

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Kate Dearden

Labour (Co-op)Halifax

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Halifax constituency and (ii) England in each of the the last five years.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased each year since 2019/20, reaching 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 due to an inc...

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