Numbers & Spend on Supply Teachers and Agency Teachers 2010-2023
Case reference FOI2023/00681
Published 5 May 2023
Request
1. How many teachers were hired through recruitment agencies by schools for which your local authority is responsible in each year since 2010?
2. The amounts spent on supply teachers by schools for which your local authority is responsible in each year since 2010?
Response
1. How many teachers were hired through recruitment agencies by schools for which your local authority is responsible in each year since 2010?
Herefordshire Council does not hold this information. The information may be held by the schools themselves, who are public authorities in their own right under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A list of schools in Herefordshire, with links to further information including their contact details, is available on the council's website.
Schools directory - Herefordshire Council
2. The amounts spent on supply teachers by schools for which your local authority is responsible in each year since 2010?
This data includes costs paid to an agency for teaching staff that have been brought in to cover teacher absence including cover of any period and for all reasons including illness, absence for training, and any leave. It excludes costs for supply teachers employed directly by the school.
2010/11 E26=£453,673.11
2011/12 E26=£348,929.94
2012/13 E26=£350,155.58
2013/14 E26=£393,475.94
2014/15 E26=£570,515.99
2015/16 E26=£635,423.85
2016/17 E26=£674,183.20
2017/18 E26=£876,703.31
2018/19 E26=£734,412.42
2019/20 E26=£795,474.22
2020/21 E26=£553,360.10
2021/22 E26=£981,507.34
2022/23 not yet available.
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