Schools: Staff
(asked on 27th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he make it his policy to collect data on (a) vacancy rates and (b) turnover of school support staff in the School Workforce Census.
This question was answered on 2nd July 2018
Whilst data is collected regarding teacher and headteacher vacancies, no data is collected by the Department of vacancies for school support staff.
The Department trusts headteachers to use their professional judgement to make decisions on support staff requirements for their schools to meet the specific needs of their schools and pupils.