Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies
Commons · Question 56975 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of supply teachers employed through private agencies in (a) England and (b) the devolved Administrations.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 11 Jun 2025
The school workforce census does not identify supply teachers in England. However, teachers who are not directly employed by the school or local authority and who are in school on census day (early November each year) with a contract or service agreement ...