Support staff characteristics
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Support staff FTE and headcount by type of school and characteristics including post held, age group and ethnicity (additional ancillary file at school level)
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- School workforce in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 434,299
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Full-time equivalent
- Full-time equivalent percent within indicator
- Headcount
- Filters
- Age group
- Ethnicity minor
- Post
- Time period
- 2011/12 to 2024/25
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | post | sex | age_group | working_pattern | ethnicity_major | ethnicity_minor | full_time_equivalent | headcount | fte_percent_within_ethnicity | headcount_percent_within_ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total state-funded schools | Teaching assistants | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 288812.376 | 401891.7131 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded nursery and primary | Teaching assistants | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 186526.143 | 275727.3099 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | LA maintained nursery and primary | Teaching assistants | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 102267.717 | 151502.9885 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | LA maintained nursery | Teaching assistants | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2173.06 | 2863 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | LA maintained primary | Teaching assistants | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 100094.657 | 148639.9885 | 100 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_group | Age group |
| ethnicity_minor | Ethnicity minor |
| fte_percent_within_ethnicity | Full-time equivalent percent within indicator |
| full_time_equivalent | Full-time equivalent |
| headcount | Headcount |
Footnotes
- Two new posts of school business professional and leadership non-teacher were reported for the first time in 2023/24. School business professionals include roles such as bursar, business manager, finance officer, office manager, premises manager or ICT network manager. Leadership non-teachers are members of the school's senior leadership team who are not reported in a teaching post. These new posts have displaced reporting from other posts, particularly administrative staff.
- From the November 2024 census onwards, sex has replaced gender. Sex will be the same value as reported to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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