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Classroom Assistants: Recruitment and Labour Turnover |
| Question ID: |
1810020 |
| UIN: |
57860 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tom Hayes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Tom Hayes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teaching assistants since 2020. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
Teaching assistants play a vital role in children’s education in schools across the country.The school workforce census shows that the full-time equivalent (FTE) of teaching assistants has increased each year since 2019/20, rising to 288,800 in 2024/25. T... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |