Expenditure on Supply Teaching from the 1st September 2025- 25th July 2026

Request

1) How much each primary, secondary and SEND school in the LEA (of which data is held) has spent on Supply Teaching or Teaching Assistant cover with external companies.

If this can be broken down to how much has been spent with each of those companies per school please. If this information is not available, then just a total spend by school is sufficient.

2) I would like this data from the 1st September 2025- 25th July 2026.

Decision

Please find answers to question 1 and 2 in the spreadsheet attached.

The information has been provided on 4 tabs to identify separate figures for teaching A11005) and support (A11020) costs per financial year.

• Response is relating to invoices processed during the financial year 2025-26, periods 6 to 13 (September to year end) and financial year 2026-27 (periods 1 to 4 (April to July) as at 25/07/2026

• Where schools have Prime Account status we do not hold supplier information as these schools use their own financial systems. The schools have been included and show as No Supplier Information.

• If an internal transaction has taken place to move these costs it will show as No Supplier Information.

• Willoughby St Helena's CE Primary School - only partial year costs as converted to academy on 1st September 2025

• Coleby CE Primary School - only partial year costs as converted to academy on 1st October 2025

• Lincoln St Peter In Eastgate CE (CTD) Infant School - only partial year costs as converted to academy on 1st September 2025

• Cowbit St Mary's (Endowed) CE Primary School - only partial year costs as converted to academy on 1st September 2025

• Scampton Pollyplatt Primary School - only partial year costs as converted to academy on 1st January 2026

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.
 

 

Reference number
FOI 17327185
Date request received
21/07/26
Date of decision
25/08/26