FOI Request - Pupil Support Assistants
Request 101003854149
Scope and timeframe
Please provide the following for academic years 2020/21 to 2024/25 (year-to-date) for school services (using your nearest equivalent role titles where PSA is not used):
1. Workforce and vacancies (annual):
a) Pupil Support Assistant FTE employed.
b) Vacancies (headcount) at 30 September each year.
2. Pay and grading (annual):
a) Gross paybill/spend for these roles (please state if figures include on-costs).
b) Grading/JE profile and typical hourly rate ranges (or the applicable pay circular extract).
3. Agency/relief (annual, where held):
a) Spend on agency/relief for these roles, separate from the paybill.
4. Policy/guidance:
a) Any current policy/guidance for PSA deployment or grading.
Response 13-10-2025
1.a) As per 31st March each year:
| 2020/21 | 202.09 |
| 2021/22 | 237.15 |
| 2022/23 | 246.73 |
| 2023/24 | 249.23 |
| 2024/25 | 219.61 |
b) Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
2. Please find the information requested here.
3. There are no agency PSA’s. All relief staff are coded to school codes and included within the gross pay figures in question 2.
4. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.