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Supply Teachers: Labour Turnover

Commons · Question 56979 · 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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of supply teaching arrangements on workforce retention (a) in general and (b) among teachers with protected characteristics.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 11 Jun 2025

Research conducted by the department in 2023 included findings on the estimated average daily cost of a supply teacher to a school and estimated average daily take-home pay of supply teachers, by phase. The leader survey and supply teacher survey found th...