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850840

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the use of (a) higher level teacher assistants and (b) cover supervisors to cover teaching absences.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	130065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department collects information on the number of higher level teaching assistants and cover supervisors employed in schools. However, no information is available on the amount of time these staff spend covering teaching absences.</p><p> </p><p>The full-time equivalent number of contracted staff whose role is defined as that of ‘higher level teaching assistant’ or of ‘cover supervisor’, employed by state funded schools in England, November 2010 to 2016 is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>State Funded Schools</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Higher Level Teaching Assistant</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cover Supervisor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>11,040</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12,150</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>13,380</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,650</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,850</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>16,410</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,140</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7,640</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census<br> Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2018 16:26:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

711760

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent classroom teachers were employed in schools in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of full time equivalent classroom teachers in service in state funded schools in Batley and Spen constituency, West Yorkshire and England in each year from November 2010 to November 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Batley and Spen</strong></p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td><p>16,290</p></td><td><p>16,800</p></td><td><p>16,470</p></td><td><p>17,030</p></td><td><p>17,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>375,260</p></td><td><p>371,670</p></td><td><p>379,340</p></td><td><p>385,460</p></td><td><p>388,650</p></td><td><p>387,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 FTE classroom teachers.</p><p>In 2011, two schools in the Batley and Spen did not provide data on teachers, so figures are not comparable with other years. <strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2017 17:48:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

678572

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the change in responsibilities of teaching assistants since 2010; and what steps her Department takes to support teaching assistants who have taken on additional responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	61683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>Head teachers are responsible for the deployment of their teaching assistants, which is based on the existing guidance available such as the Education Endowment Foundation’s report “Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants”.</p><p> </p><p>The report offers the latest evidence and identifies ways that schools can deploy teaching assistants in different contexts to deliver high quality support to pupils. It also recommends that teaching assistants should be fully prepared for their role by having the knowledge and training necessary to carry out their work. The report is available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/uploads/pdf/TA_Guidance_Report_Interactive.pdf" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/uploads/pdf/TA_Guidance_Report_Interactive.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/02/2017 16:44:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

532450

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants were employed in schools in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	41747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of teaching assistants in service in state funded schools in England in each year since 2010 are available from Table 1 in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2015’ available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2016 15:11:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

418413

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	10004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381155

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the number of teaching assistants employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	2491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The latest available figures on the number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants in state-funded schools are from November 2013 and are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2015 10:18:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

381187

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teaching assistants were employed in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	2492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants employed in state-funded schools in England is published each year in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical series available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a></p><p>Statistics on the number of new teaching assistants employed each year in England, Lancashire and Hyndburn are not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2015 10:20:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

348026

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not made an assessment of the number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.</p><p>The Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012 set out the specific circumstances in which someone employed in a maintained school other than a qualified teacher can teach; and where teaching assistants can be used to cover teacher absence. These regulations state that teaching assistants may only carry out specified teaching work where they are assisting or supporting the work of a qualified teacher in the school and are under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher as arranged by the headteacher. This ensures that a teacher continues to provide the leading contribution.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:40:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh