Supply Teaching

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Dear Caerphilly County Borough Council,

Please could you send me the following information.

The total amount spent by schools on supply teaching for the school year 2016 - 2017.

Please could you break this down-

1) Total amount spent directly by schools or via the local authority.

2) Total amount spent on agencies, broken down per agency.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Knights

WWW: FOI, Caerphilly County Borough Council

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Dear WWW: FOI,

Thanks you for the information.

Was there any direct spending by schools on supply teaching, not using agencies? Is the supply pool a local authority supply pool?

Please could you check the figures for New Directions, they don't make sense. In particular column BQ.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

WWW: FOI, Caerphilly County Borough Council

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(1) Was there any direct spending by schools on supply teaching, not using
agencies?
Yes
 
(2) Is the supply pool a local authority supply pool?
Yes
 
(3) Please could you check the figures for New Directions?
The figures are correct
 
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Dear WWW: FOI,

The figure for New Directions in column BR is 2004455.14000003. Could you give me the right figure.

Which column refers to spending directly by schools?

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights

Dear WWW: FOI,

Please reply with the information.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Knights