Research and analysis

Use of supply teachers in schools

Research about the use of supply teachers in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 27 September 2024

Applies to England

Documents

Use of supply teachers in schools: research report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-583-1 , RR1449

PDF, 563 KB, 85 pages

Use of supply teachers: supply teachers survey

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 474 KB

Use of supply teachers: school leader survey

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 255 KB

Details

This research aimed to understand how schools use supply teachers and examined:

• reasons why schools use supply teachers
• school approaches to deploying supply teachers
• different models for the supply teacher procurement
• supply teacher management and CPD
• the characteristics of the supply teacher workforce

This report includes findings from:

• surveys with 1,500 supply teachers and a representative sample of schools
• interviews with 60 supply teachers, 22 leaders and 7 supply teacher providers

Published 27 September 2024