Data set from School workforce in England

Third-party support staff - school level

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 4 June 2026

Headcount of third-party support staff by post - school level

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 256,264
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Post
• Time period: 2011/12 to 2025/26

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_name	region_code	la_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	post	headcount
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2021100	100006	Heath School	Total	2
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2021100	100006	Heath School	Teaching Assistants	2
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022036	100009	West Hampstead Primary School	Total	23
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022036	100009	West Hampstead Primary School	Teaching Assistants	16
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022036	100009	West Hampstead Primary School	Technicians	1

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
headcount	Headcount
post	Post

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