Disclosure Log

School teacher recruitment agencies (FOI/5020)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 20 November 2024

Dear Requester, 
 

Request FOI/5020
 

Further to your request received on 11th November 2024,I confirm that the Council has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 

Q) This is an information request relating to School Teacher recruitment agencies.
 
Please include the following information for the past five financial years.

  • Total spent by council on teaching recruitment agencies.
  • List of all the teaching recruitment agencies that have been used including annual spend on each agency.
  • Total number of shifts filled by staff supplied by teaching recruitment agencies.
  • The highest per hour and per day rate paid to recruitment teaching agencies in each financial.
  • Year stated above. In each case, can you please detail the job category of the role provided. And if there was surge pricing, the reason stated for this.  


We define teaching recruitment agencies to be external companies that are employed to supply teaching staff to schools on a semi-permanent/ temporary basis. 

Answer)
We do not hold this information on schools, this request will need to be directed to each individual school to obtain this information.
 

We hope you find this information useful.  
 

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Yours sincerely 

 

 

 

Freedom of Information 

Complaints and Information Team 

Chief Executives Department  

Nottinghamshire County Council 

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