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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 ...