Use of SEND agency workers

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Dear Kent County Council,

Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1a) How many SEND Schools do you have in the county?

1b) Out of these SEND schools, how many have engaged agency Teachers or Teaching Assistants in the financial year ending March 2021?

2) How many agency Teachers and Teaching Assistants were supplied to these SEND schools in the financial year ending March 2021?

3) What was the total spend by your organisation on SEND agency staff for SEND schools in the financial year ending March 2021?

4) Which agencies do you currently use to supply SEND workers to SEND Schools?

5) Please provide the name and contact information of the manager responsible for the SEND service that supplies agency SEND staff to schools.

Yours faithfully,

Dee Green

 

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Our reference: 22119749

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Dear Ms Green
   
Thank you for your email which we received on 28 May 2021.
 
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Dear Ms Green
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 28 May 2021.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 Mollie Redford 
 Information Access Officer 
 
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