School Workforce Rationale

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School Workforce Rationale

• Helen Barugh
• School Workforce Statistics and Research

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Introduction

• This presentation aims to demonstrate the
  benefits that the new collections can bring to
  all users
• Illustrate how the current data sources are used
• Highlight some current hot topics and how the
  new data will help

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Existing data sources

• DTR teachers by age, sex, pay details,
  movements
• 618G teacher numbers, grade, ethnicity,
  sickness absence, vacancies
• Census teacher numbers and support staff
  numbers
• Staffing surveys subjects taught and subjects
  of qualification
• Ad-hoc research projects

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Natural wastage 30 of teachers are now aged
over 50
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The number of support staff has nearly tripled
since 1992
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Hot topic support staff supply and pay

• How many support staff (Annual School Census)
• How much spent on support staff (Consistent
  Financial Reporting)
• Pay for different types of work?
• Use of term-time only contracts?
• Turnover and wastage?
• Age profile?

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Hot topic maths and science teachers

• Persistently higher vacancy rates than other
  teachers (618G)
• Older age profile (staffing surveys, ad-hoc
  research)
• Use of pay flexibilities to help
  recruitment/retention?
• Turnover and wastage?
• Length of service?

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Hot topic RRA monitoring

• Teachers by ethnicity (618G)
• Promotion and passing the threshold?
• Pay levels?
• Leadership group?
• Age profile?
• Staff role?

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Hot topic Leadership succession planning

• Age profile of leadership group (not head
  teachers) (DTR)
• Number of schools (ASC)
• Holders of NPQH (NCSL)
• Headship vacancies (618G)
• Middle leaders?
• Promotion opportunities?
• Turnover and wastage?

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Hot topic CRB checks

• Recording of CRB checks
• Tool to enable schools and authorities meet their
  obligations
• The Department will not collect the data centrally