Supply teachers and associated costs from 2021 to 2023 (FOI)

Request 

A

Please advise how much money the Government of Jersey spent on supply teachers from outside the island in the academic year 2021 to 2022.

i) In the academic year 2021 to 2022 how much money was spent on the wages of supply teachers from outside Jersey?

ii) In the academic year 2021 to 2022 how much money was spent on the accommodation of supply teachers from outside Jersey?

iii) In the academic year 2021 to 2022 how much money was spent on the travel to and from the island of supply teachers from outside Jersey?

B

Please advise how much money the Government of Jersey spent on supply teachers from outside the island in the academic year 2022 to 2023.

i) In the academic year 2022 to 2023 how much money was spent on the wages of supply teachers from outside Jersey?

ii) In the academic year 2022 to 2023 how much money was spent on the accommodation of supply teachers from outside Jersey?

iii) In the academic year 2022 to 2023 how much money was spent on the travel to and from the island of supply teachers from outside Jersey?

C

Please advise how many supply teachers from outside the island were employed by the Government of Jersey in the academic year 2021 to 2022.

D

Please advise how many supply teachers from outside the island were employed by the Government of Jersey in the academic year 2022 to 2023.

E

Please adivse how many supply teachers in total were employed by the Government of Jersey in the academic year 2021 to 2022.

F

Please advise how many supply teachers in total were employed by the Government of Jersey in the academic year 2022 to 2023.

Response 

A

There were no supply teachers employed centrally from outside of the island in the academic year 2021 to 2022.

B

i) £231,459 was spent on supply teachers employed centrally from outside of the island in the academic year 2022 to 2023.

ii) £83,620 was spent on the accommodation for supply teachers employed centrally from outside Jersey in the academic year 2022 to 2023.

iii) £6,139 was spent on travel expenses for supply teachers employed centrally from outside Jersey in the academic year 2022 to 2023.

D

Please refer to question A.

E

A total of 16 supply teachers from outside the island were employed centrally by the Government of Jersey during the academic year 2022 to 2023.

F and G

Supply teachers are defined as qualified teachers who are not directly employed by one school or college and who make themselves available for work in schools on a zero hours or fixed term contract basis. Jersey schools recruit supply teachers from the local supply teachers list on an as needed basis for short and medium term cover and for a variety of reasons including covering colleague absence due to illness, training, parental leave or other exceptional circumstances.  Local supply teachers are paid by each individual school’s supply budget on a monthly basis. The use of supply teachers across Government of Jersey schools is not collated centrally and would require manipulation of data therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article applied 

Article 3 - Meaning of "information held by a public authority"

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.