FOI Request - Supply teachers
Request 101003807621
Please provide data relating to the use of supply (or cover) teachers in your local authority for each of the past five academic years
1. The total number of individual supply teachers employed in each year.
a) 2020-21
b) 2021-22
c) 2022-23
d) 2023-24
e) 2024-25
2. The total cost of employing supply teachers in each year (gross cost, including any agency fees if applicable).
a) 2020-21
b) 2021-22
c) 2022-23
d) 2023-24
e) 2024-25
3. If available, a breakdown of supply teacher costs and numbers by sector (primary/secondary/ASN) for each year.
a) 2020-21
b) 2021-22
c) 2022-23
d) 2023-24
e) 2024-25
Please provide data relating to the use of supply (or cover) teachers in your local authority for each of the past five academic years
Response 15-07-2025
1. a) 2020-21 - information not available. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held
b) 2021-22 - as at 4/3/22, 355 supply teachers were on the supply lists
c) 2022-23 - as at 29/8/22, 382 supply teachers were on the supply lists
d) 2023-24 - as at 14/3/24, 416 supply teachers were on the supply lists
e) 2024-25 - as at 29/10/24, 463 supply teachers were on the supply lists
2. & 3.
| Financial Year | Primary in £ | Secondary in £ | ASN in £ | Central ASN in £ | Other in £ | Absence cover in £ | COVID in £ | Nursery in £ | Total £ |
| 2020-21 | 850,904.72 | 492,315.32 | 264,635.52 | 61,028.57 | 12,975.33 | 278,889.63 | 814,669.05 | 844.90 | 2,776,263.04 |
| 2021-22 | 744,942.25 | 560,122.08 | 276,051.21 | 54,386.28 | 14,464.44 | 271,521.65 | 444,853.70 | 2,366,341.61 | |
| 2022-23 | 957,441.87 | 737,747.33 | 338,288.97 | 36,243.09 | 13,975.28 | 506,688.88 | 159,024.24 | 2,749,409.66 | |
| 2023-24 | 1,033,069.76 | 820,921.74 | 426,763.98 | 19,297.61 | 7,506.43 | 791,798.94 | 3,099,358.46 | ||
| 2024-25 | 1,973,565.47 | 1,304,012.06 | 472,998.23 | 21,374.77 | 9,946.35 | 12,949.79* | 3,794,846.67 |
* Absence cover (Includes Sickness, maternity, Trade Union duties and other)
From 2024 sickness absence was coded to the relevant school and is included in Primary/Secondary/ASN