Question reference: S5W-35532
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 25 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-28271 by John Swinney on 20 April 2020, whether it will provide the information for 2020 regarding the number of additional support for learning (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants there were in each local authority.
Answer
Statistics on the number of additional support for learning teachers in each local authority for 2020 will be published in the 2020 Teacher Census Supplementary Statistics on 23rd March 2021.
The use of the term 'classroom assistant' varies between local authorities and is sometimes used interchangeably with 'additional support needs auxiliary or care assistant'. Therefore these two categories of school support staff are combined and reported as 'pupil support assistants' in the published statistics on school support staff.
Statistics on the number of pupil support assistants in each local authority for 2020 will be published in the 2020 School Support Staff Statistics on 23 March 2021.