Classroom Assistants
(asked on 22nd March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants have been employed in schools in (a) England, (b) North East and (c) Easington constituency in each of the last five years.
The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in state funded in England, North East region and Easington constituency in November each year from 2013 to 2017.
| England | North East | Easington |
2013[1] | 243,733 | 11,006 | 347 |
2014[2] | 255,088 | 12,053 | 403 |
2015[3] | 262,950 | 12,534 | 395 |
2016[4] | 265,616 | 12,698 | 383 |
2017[5] | 262,820 | 12,532 | 379 |
Source: School Workforce Census
[1] 2013 figures for the North East region exclude 4 out of 1,552 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.
[2] 2014 figures for the North East region exclude 5 out of 1,543 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.
[3] 2015 figures for the North East region exclude 8 out of 1,532 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.
[4] 2016 figures for the North East region exclude 3 out of 1,530 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.
[5] 2017 figures for the North East region exclude 5 out of 1,519 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.