Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 21704

Supply Teachers

Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of supporting the expansion of (a) local authority supply pools and (b) not-for-profit supply provision on (i) supply teachers and (ii) schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Supply teachers perform a valuable role and the department is grateful for their important contribution to schools across the country. Schools and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supply teachers. Local authority supply pools...

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