Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 56975

Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of supply teachers employed through private agencies in (a) England and (b) the devolved Administrations.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The school workforce census does not identify supply teachers in England. However, teachers who are not directly employed by the school or local authority and who are in school on census day (early November each year) with a contract or service agreement ...

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