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<p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching
assistants and other support staff in service in state funded schools in Gloucestershire
local authority and England, as at November 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number
of teaching assistants and other support staff in service in state funded schools
in Gloucestershire local authority and England, as at November 201</strong>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>FTE Teaching Assistants[1]</p></td><td><p>FTE Other Support Staff<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire[2]</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>262,820</p></td><td><p>145,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
School Workforce Census</em></p><p> </p><p>The School Workforce Census does not ask
for information on the nationality of school employees. Salary levels for teaching
assistants and other support staff are determined locally.</p><p>The department publishes
information on income and expenditure by schools on the Schools Financial Benchmarking
website: <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>This
includes a category for expenditure on Education support staff, including teaching
assistants, childcare staff, foreign language assistants, librarians and other support
staff.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[2] Figures
for Gloucestershire exclude 6 out of 304 schools that did not provide a return for
teaching assistants or support staff.</p><p> </p>
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