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Record Ref : FOI 12228
Date Received : 16/06/2026
Date Completed : 03/07/2026
Organisation : Liberal Democrats
Application Type : Welsh Government
Category : Jobs, Grades and Salaries
Question
1) How many teaching posts were advertised and subsequently re-advertised because they were not filled in 2025?
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• 2) How many teaching posts remained vacant at the end of the 2024/25 academic year and had been advertised on more than one occasion?
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• 3) For each teaching post that remained vacant at the end of the 2024/25 academic year and had been advertised on more than one occasion, please provide:
• a) Subject area or specialism (e.g. Mathematics, Welsh, Physics, Chemistry, Primary, ALN, etc.).
b) Whether the post was Primary, Secondary or Additional Learning Needs (ALN).
c) The number of times the post was advertised.
• 4) What was the longest period any teaching post remained unfilled during the 2024/25 academic year?
• 5) How many teaching posts advertised during the 2024/25 academic year received zero applications?
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• 6) What was the total expenditure on supply teaching staff during the 2024/25 academic year?
Answer
1) How many teaching posts were advertised and subsequently re-advertised because they were not filled in 2025? Zero teaching posts re-advertised due to not being filled
2) How many teaching posts remained vacant at the end of the 2024/25 academic year and had been advertised on more than one occasion?
The questions about vacant posts would need to be answered by the schools individually (we wouldn’t know their structures). Also, we don’t deal with school agency workers
3) For each teaching post that remained vacant at the end of the 2024/25 academic year and had been advertised on more than one occasion, please provide:
a) Subject area or specialism (e.g. Mathematics, Welsh, Physics, Chemistry, Primary, ALN, etc.). . The questions about vacant posts would need to be answered by the schools individually (we wouldn’t know their structures). Also, we don’t deal with school agency workers
b) Whether the post was Primary, Secondary or Additional Learning Needs (ALN).
c) The number of times the post was advertised.
4) What was the longest period any teaching post remained unfilled during the 2024/25 academic year? . The questions about vacant posts would need to be answered by the schools individually (we wouldn’t know their structures). Also, we don’t deal with school agency workers
5) How many teaching posts advertised during the 2024/25 academic year received zero applications? Zero – during this period applications were received for all teaching posts
We have recorded from the Dates of 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2025 = Total Teaching Posts Advertised = 12 Teacher Posts
6) What was the total expenditure on supply teaching staff during the 2024/25 academic year?
The information required for section 6 is £3,678,324.77. However, this includes agency on all staff for Schools not just Teaching. We don’t have that broken down on our ledger.