PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Non-teaching Staff: Halifax (17 July 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Kate Dearden (Labour)
Answer
The full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased each year since 2019/20, reaching 510,400 in 2023/24, and has now passed the previous peak of 2015/16. This is an increase of 4,800 (0.9%) since last year. This increase is mainly due to an increase of 2,400 in other support staff.
Support staff are categorised into posts of teaching assistants, administrative staff, auxiliary staff, technicians and other supporting staff, plus two new posts of school business professional and leadership non-teacher that were reported for the first time in 2023/24.
School business professionals include roles such as bursar, business manager, finance officer, office manager, premises manager or ICT network manager. The national figures of all FTE support staff from the 2019/20 to 2023/24 academic years are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/7b0a17e8-b3ff-403e-687f-08dca70c1109.
The figures of all FTE support staff in the Halifax constituency from the 2019/20 to 2023/24 academic years are included in the table below:
Halifax Parliamentary Constituency | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/34 |
FTE of all support staff | 1228.75 | 1244.19 | 1221.71 | 1286.96 | 1288.94 |
School support staff play a vital role in children’s education and development.
The department will value and recognise the professionalism of the entire school workforce and address recruitment and retention challenges by reinstating the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
The body will be tasked with establishing a national terms and conditions handbook, training and progression routes. This reform will ensure that schools can recruit and retain the staff needed to deliver high quality, inclusive education.
Answered by:
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
26 July 2024
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