PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(21 May 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers placed on (a) support plans and (b) informal capability procedures in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Answer
The department sets out the broad statutory requirements that maintained schools must follow and recently updated non-statutory guidance in relation to teacher appraisal, including informal support arrangements, which is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a253b20808eaf43b50d742/Teacher_Appraisal_-_guidance_for_schools_July_2024.pdf.
Academies are free to make their own arrangements, but most choose to follow the statutory process.
As the department is not the employer of any teachers, it does not collect any data on the numbers of teachers with support plans or in informal capability procedures.
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