Supply Teachers

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 15 November 2017.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 1:34, 15 November 2017

Cabinet Secretary, I raised the question not long ago, and really, word by word, Leanne Wood has put the question in the same way, but I will still add my question. Employing supply teachers through agencies has led to lower pay and poor terms and conditions. That's what we're talking about here—the terms and conditions of supply teachers. A constituent in Newport has raised concerns with me very recently that instead of receiving £140 a day, they're receiving only £95, because the rest of the money goes to the agency that supplies the teacher. I don't think that's the right thing to do, Minister. Many of my constituent's colleagues are thinking of leaving this profession altogether and they want to know why Wales does not have—Leanne just mentioned the same thing—a central register system as they do in other devolved nations in the United Kingdom, so that we can keep our highly talented and devoted teachers in school. Thank you.