Classroom Assistants
(asked on 20th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures available for the number of male and female teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE)[1] and headcount number1 of male and female teaching assistants in service in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in England, November 2013.
Education matters in Wales are a responsibility of the Welsh Government.
FTE | Headcount | |
Primary[2] [3] | 156,240 | 257,330 |
Male | 6,700 | 9,780 |
Female | 149,500 | 247,500 |
Secondary3 | 54,350 | 70,690 |
Male | 9,110 | 11,140 |
Female | 45,200 | 59,500 |
Teaching assistant numbers are published in table 3a of the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013’, published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013
[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.
[2] Includes local authority maintained nursery schools.
[3] Includes gender unknown.