Support staff characteristics - school level
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Support staff FTE and headcount by type of school and characteristics including post held, sex, age group and ethnicity (additional ancillary file covers earlier years back to 2011)
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- School workforce in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 554,430
- Geographic levels
- School
- Indicators
- Full-time equivalent
- Headcount
- Filters
- Ethnicity major
- Post
- Sex
- Time period
- 2025/26
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_laestab | school_urn | school_name | school_type | post | sex | ethnicity_major | full_time_equivalent | headcount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202526 | Academic year | School | E92000001 | England | E13000001 | Inner London | 201 | E09000001 | City of London | 2013614 | 100000 | The Aldgate School | LA maintained primary | Teaching assistants | Total | Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | 0.95 | 1 |
| 202526 | Academic year | School | E92000001 | England | E13000001 | Inner London | 201 | E09000001 | City of London | 2013614 | 100000 | The Aldgate School | LA maintained primary | Administrative staff | Total | Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | 1.07 | 2 |
| 202526 | Academic year | School | E92000001 | England | E13000001 | Inner London | 201 | E09000001 | City of London | 2013614 | 100000 | The Aldgate School | LA maintained primary | School business professionals | Total | Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | 1 | 2 |
| 202526 | Academic year | School | E92000001 | England | E13000001 | Inner London | 201 | E09000001 | City of London | 2013614 | 100000 | The Aldgate School | LA maintained primary | Teaching assistants | Total | Total | 12.33 | 16 |
| 202526 | Academic year | School | E92000001 | England | E13000001 | Inner London | 201 | E09000001 | City of London | 2013614 | 100000 | The Aldgate School | LA maintained primary | Other school support staff | Total | Total | 4.44 | 8 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| ethnicity_major | Ethnicity major |
| full_time_equivalent | Full-time equivalent |
| headcount | Headcount |
| post | Post |
| school_type | Type of school |
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Email: schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Tony Clarke
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