School support staff statistics: FOI release

Information requested

The following information as this was not available in the ‘School support staff statistics:

• Support staff hours by local authority 2018
• Support staff by local authority 2024
• Support staff in special schools by local authority 2024

Response

Support staff hours by local authority 2018

Information on support staff hours worked per week for 2018 is not available as it was collected for the first time in 2020. Prior to 2020 information on school support staff was collected on an FTE basis, see the data sets available here https://www.gov.scot/publications/school-support-staff-statistics/ Prior to 2017, school support staff statistics were published with the teacher census supplementary tables here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/teacher-census-supplementary-statistics/

Support staff by local authority 2024

Statistics on school support staff by local authority for 2024 is available from table 1.1 (hours per week) and table 2.1 (FTE) of the 2024 statistics available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/schoolsupport-staff-statistics/

Support staff in special schools by local authority 2024

Statistics on special school support staff by local authority for 2024 is available from table 1.4 (hours per week) of the 2024 statistics available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/school-support-staff-statistics/

Information on the FTE of special school support staff by local authority is not collected.

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