Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of their time that each of the eight Regional Schools Commissioners spend supporting maintained schools.

Regional Schools Commissioners (RSC) and their teams spend around 10-15% of their time directly supporting maintained schools through brokering school improvement support and facilitating the transfer of a maintained school into a multi academy trust, for example.

RSCs and their teams also work closely with local authorities on their wider support for maintained schools, for example through advice on COVID-19 guidance and ensuring there are sufficient school places.