Classroom Assistants
(asked on 27th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the use of (a) higher level teacher assistants and (b) cover supervisors to cover teaching absences.
The Department collects information on the number of higher level teaching assistants and cover supervisors employed in schools. However, no information is available on the amount of time these staff spend covering teaching absences.
The full-time equivalent number of contracted staff whose role is defined as that of ‘higher level teaching assistant’ or of ‘cover supervisor’, employed by state funded schools in England, November 2010 to 2016 is provided in the table below.
|
| State Funded Schools |
|
| Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| Cover Supervisor |
November |
|
|
|
2010 | 11,040 |
| .. |
2011 | 12,150 |
| 7,490 |
2012 | 13,380 |
| 8,010 |
2013 | 14,650 |
| 8,000 |
2014 | 15,850 |
| 8,100 |
2015 | 16,410 |
| 7,970 |
2016 | 17,140 |
| 7,640 |
Source: School Workforce Census
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.