Nearly £13m spent on supply teachers in five years

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 14:39

Costs are rising year on year

Nearly £13 million has been spent by the Isle of Man Government over the past five years on supply teachers.

The figures have been released as part of a Freedom of Information request.

The response reveals £12,933,080.28 has been spent between September 2019 and August 2024.

It also shows the cost is on the rise year on year.

From September 2019 to August 2020, £1,822,614.43 was spent on supply teachers.

From September 2020 to August 2021 the cost was £2,219,023.81.

From September 2021 to August 2022, it was £2,687,140.66.

From September 2022 to August 2023, £2,896,928.

And from September 2023 to August 2024, £3,307,373.38.

The FOI response is available in full here.

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