Data set from School workforce in England

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)

Data set details

Theme
Teachers and school workforce
Publication
School workforce in England
Release type
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

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_typepostsexage_groupworking_patternethnicity_majorethnicity_minorfull_time_equivalentheadcountfte_percent_within_ethnicityheadcount_percent_within_ethnicity
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotal state-funded schoolsTeaching assistantsTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal288812.376401891.7131100100
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded nursery and primaryTeaching assistantsTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal186526.143275727.3099100100
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLA maintained nursery and primaryTeaching assistantsTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal102267.717151502.9885100100
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLA maintained nurseryTeaching assistantsTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal2173.062863100100
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLA maintained primaryTeaching assistantsTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal100094.657148639.9885100100

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables
Variable nameVariable description
age_groupAge group
ethnicity_minorEthnicity minor
fte_percent_within_ethnicityFull-time equivalent percent within indicator
full_time_equivalentFull-time equivalent
headcountHeadcount

Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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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