Dear Morag Farley,

Thank you for your request for information relating to Educational
Psychology Services which we received on 09/10/2023.

This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request and will be dealt
with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The reference number for
your request can be found above.

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within 20 working days, by 06/11/2023. Please do not hesitate to contact
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Sheffield City Council

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Sheffield, S1 1UJ

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Dear Morag Farley,

Thank you for your request for information relating to Educational
Psychology Services which we received on 09/10/2023.

Please find Sheffield City Council’s response to your request set out
below:

1.      What is the
structural FTE  
Educational Psychologists
in the following grades: FTE
a.      Assistant
Educational Psychologists
employed on the Soulbury  
Assistant Educational
Psychologist Scale 5.65
b.      Educational
Psychologists on Soulbury  
Scale A 15.65
c.      Educational
Psychologists employed on  
Soulbury Scale B 4.80
d.      Educational and
other Psychologists  
employed on any other
scale 0
 
2.      How many vacant
posts are there in the  
Educational Psychology 1 position currently being
Service? recruited to
 
3.      How many posts
are filled on an interim  
or temporary basis by
employees? 6
 
4.      What is the
average salary (including  
on-costs) of employed
Educational Psychologists £49,339.35
 
5.      What is the
average daily cost of  
employed Educational
Psychologists £197.36
 
6.      What is the April 2020 – April 2021 – April 2022 –
average daily cost of the March 2021 March 2022 March 2023
following categories of  
Educational Psychologists
for the years 2020-2021,
2021-2022 and 2022-2023
a.      Temporary *these figures are not available due to  
Educational Psychologists invoice amounts not breaking down to daily
b.      Locum Educational costs.  
Psychologists
c.      Agency  
Educational Psychologists
 
7.      What is the total April 2020 – April 2021 – April 2022 –
spend on locum/ agency / March 2021 March 2022 March 2023
temporary Educational  
Psychologists for the
years 2020-2021,
2021-2022 and 2022-2023
a.      Temporary *Not able to identify specific Agency, Locum  
Educational Psychologists or Temporary Educational Psychologists from
b.      Locum Educational invoices. Only total spend on all available.  
Psychologists
c.      Agency  
Educational Psychologists
Total* £570 £167,957 £376,669  
 
 
8.      What is the *Not able to identify Locum Educational
current and projected Psychologists from invoices.
spend on Locum  
Educational Psychologists
for the current financial
year?

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Kind Regards,

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

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