Question follow-through · 109283
Schools: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to (a) schools and (b) Multi-Academy Trusts on appropriate staffing levels; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of overstaffing in (i) maintained school
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to (a) schools and (b) Multi-Academy Trusts on appropriate staffing levels; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of overstaffing in (i) maintained school
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The department supports school leaders by providing a range of resources, including commercial resources and benchmarking tools. This includes our school staffing guidance, designed to help employers in all schools with staffing and employment issues, and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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