Request
A
Does the government currently pay for locum teachers in Jersey?
B
Which schools?
C
During the last 10 years, how much money has been spent on locum teachers? And how many have been taken on?
D
Can you give me a breakdown of where the money is spent?
E
Specifically how much has been spent on hotel accommodation?
Response
A
We have understood locum teacher to mean supply teachers. We have a bank of supply teachers, employed by the States of Jersey and therefore paid through our payroll that the schools can access when necessary. We do not use outside agency staff.
B
All schools are able to access the bank of supply staff. In the time period requested all schools have used supply staff. These schools being:
- Jersey College for Girls Prep
- Victoria College Preparatory
C
The table below shows the amount actually spent on teaching supply in the last 10 years:
| 2006 | £1,233,747 |
| 2007 | £1,225,782 |
| 2008 | £1,552,880 |
| 2009 | £1,580,656 |
| 2010 | £1,594,430 |
| 2011 | £1,625,327 |
| 2012 | £1,708,923 |
| 2013 | £1,712,462 |
| 2014 | £1,847,098 |
| 2015 | £2,120,198 |
| 2016 | £2,106,720 |
The table below shows the number of supply teachers utilised in each of the last 10 years:
| 2006 | 251 |
| 2007 | 235 |
| 2008 | 249 |
| 2009 | 261 |
| 2010 | 247 |
| 2011 | 237 |
| 2012 | 229 |
| 2013 | 195 |
| 2014 | 196 |
| 2015 | 244 |
| 2016 | 266 |
D
The tables in the three PDF files below outlines the breakdown of where the money was spent.
Primary schools locum teacher costs
Secondary and fee paying schools locum teacher costs
Special education and other schools locum teacher costs
E
£261 was spent on hotel accommodation for a supply teacher in 2013.
