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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 14TH MARCH 2017
Question
Further to the information published on 26th January 2017 under the heading Primary school teaching staff turnover 2009 to 2016' in response to a Freedom of Information request, will the Minister:
- provide a breakdown of the grand totals given in this information into support staff, teaching assistants and teachers (in both absolute and percentage terms);
- provide headcount and turnover figures for 2016, if available, expressed in a similar format;
- provide a comparison of the Island's turnover rates with those in the U.K., if possible, and explain any differences found;
- explain why, despite increasing primary school rolls during the period covered by the published information, the staffing headcount has reduced over the last 3 years; and
- produce a comprehensive list, ranked by percentage, of the reasons staff give for leaving the employment of States of Jersey primary schools?
Answer
The tables shown below answer questions (a) and (b):
Primary School | October 2009 - September 2010 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
d'Auvergne School | 5 |
| 1 | 6 |
First Tower School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Grands Vaux School | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Grouville School | 1 |
| 6 | 7 |
Janvrin School | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep |
|
|
|
|
La Moye School | 7 |
| 2 | 9 |
Les Landes School | 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
Mont Nicolle School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Plat Douet School | 5 |
| 1 | 6 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 4 |
| 1 | 5 |
Samares School | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Springfield School | 2 |
| 1 | 3 |
St Clement School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
St John School | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
St Lawrence School |
|
|
|
|
St Luke School |
| 1 |
| 1 |
St Martin School | 2 |
| 1 | 3 |
St Mary School |
| 3 | 1 | 4 |
St Peter School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
St Saviour School | 4 | 1 |
| 5 |
Trinity School | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Total | 52 | 21 | 30 | 103 |
October 2009 - September 2010 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
33.3% | 75.0% | 9.1% | 29.6% |
29.4% |
| 16.7% | 20.0% |
5.0% | 14.3% | 28.6% | 11.8% |
9.1% | 133.3% | 10.0% | 25.0% |
5.9% |
| 46.2% | 18.9% |
5.9% | 12.5% | 23.1% | 13.2% |
|
|
|
|
36.8% |
| 18.2% | 23.7% |
33.3% |
| 14.3% | 22.2% |
10.0% | 33.3% |
| 10.0% |
27.8% |
| 7.7% | 15.4% |
18.2% |
| 5.9% | 11.4% |
15.4% | 50.0% | 20.0% | 21.9% |
22.2% |
| 20.0% | 14.3% |
9.1% | 33.3% | 20.0% | 16.7% |
18.2% |
| 20.0% | 16.0% |
|
|
|
|
| 25.0% |
| 4.2% |
25.0% |
| 11.1% | 13.0% |
| 100.0% | 20.0% | 22.2% |
8.3% | 25.0% |
| 8.0% |
36.4% | 50.0% |
| 25.0% |
40.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 31.6% |
5.6% | 33.3% |
| 6.9% |
15.8% | 18.8% | 13.2% | 15.4% |
Primary School | October 2010 - September 2011 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
d'Auvergne School | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
First Tower School | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Grands Vaux School | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Grouville School | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Janvrin School | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 4 |
| 1 | 5 |
La Moye School | 3 | 2 |
| 5 |
Les Landes School |
| 1 | 3 | 4 |
Mont Nicolle School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Plat Douet School | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 3 | 2 |
| 5 |
Samares School | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Springfield School | 4 | 1 |
| 5 |
St Clement School | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
St John School | 6 |
| 2 | 8 |
St Lawrence School |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
St Luke School | 2 |
| 3 | 5 |
St Martin School |
|
|
|
|
St Mary School | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |
St Peter School | 3 |
|
| 3 |
St Saviour School |
|
|
|
|
Trinity School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
Total | 60 | 23 | 27 | 110 |
October 2010 - September 2011 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
27.3% | 150.0% | 9.1% | 29.2% |
35.0% | 40.0% | 16.7% | 32.3% |
14.3% | 12.5% | 20.0% | 14.7% |
25.0% | 33.3% | 11.1% | 20.8% |
11.1% | 12.5% | 18.2% | 13.5% |
11.8% | 37.5% | 7.7% | 15.8% |
17.4% |
| 12.5% | 13.9% |
15.0% | 28.6% |
| 12.8% |
| 25.0% | 42.9% | 20.0% |
10.0% |
|
| 5.3% |
17.6% | 12.5% | 50.0% | 25.7% |
13.0% | 40.0% |
| 10.6% |
30.8% | 25.0% | 14.3% | 22.6% |
44.4% | 14.3% |
| 25.0% |
18.2% | 25.0% | 11.1% | 16.7% |
54.5% |
| 18.2% | 30.8% |
| 33.3% | 10.0% | 8.7% |
18.2% |
| 30.0% | 20.0% |
|
|
|
|
10.0% | 40.0% |
| 15.0% |
23.1% |
|
| 11.5% |
|
|
|
|
18.2% |
|
| 10.0% |
11.1% |
| 25.0% | 12.9% |
17.8% | 19.3% | 12.3% | 16.3% |
Primary School | October 2011 - September 2012 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
d'Auvergne School | 9 |
| 2 | 11 |
First Tower School | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |
Grands Vaux School | 3 |
| 4 | 7 |
Grouville School | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
Janvrin School | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 2 |
| 6 | 8 |
La Moye School | 4 |
| 4 | 8 |
Les Landes School | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
Mont Nicolle School | 3 |
|
| 3 |
Plat Douet School | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Samares School | 6 |
| 7 | 13 |
Springfield School | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
St Clement School |
|
| 2 | 2 |
St John School |
|
| 3 | 3 |
St Lawrence School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
St Luke School |
|
| 4 | 4 |
St Martin School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
St Mary School | 1 |
| 1 | 2 |
St Peter School | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
St Saviour School | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Trinity School | 3 |
| 2 | 5 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 4 |
|
| 4 |
Total | 55 | 10 | 63 | 128 |
October 2011 - September 2012 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
| 50.0% | 9.1% | 8.0% |
42.9% |
| 28.6% | 30.6% |
10.0% | 20.0% |
| 9.1% |
27.3% |
| 44.4% | 26.9% |
5.6% |
| 20.0% | 9.5% |
11.8% | 16.7% | 41.7% | 22.0% |
8.3% |
| 75.0% | 20.0% |
23.5% |
| 25.0% | 20.0% |
10.0% |
| 50.0% | 19.0% |
27.3% |
|
| 12.5% |
11.1% | 25.0% | 45.5% | 24.3% |
13.6% | 12.5% | 17.6% | 14.9% |
40.0% |
| 70.0% | 43.3% |
10.0% | 11.1% | 100.0% | 22.7% |
|
| 25.0% | 8.7% |
|
| 25.0% | 11.1% |
20.0% |
|
| 8.0% |
|
| 50.0% | 16.7% |
25.0% |
|
| 8.7% |
10.0% |
| 25.0% | 10.5% |
18.2% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 25.0% |
16.7% | 25.0% | 22.2% | 20.0% |
30.0% |
| 28.6% | 23.8% |
23.5% |
|
| 13.3% |
16.3% | 7.2% | 27.4% | 18.2% |
Primary School | October 2012 - September 2013 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School |
|
|
|
|
d'Auvergne School | 5 |
| 3 | 8 |
First Tower School | 10 | 1 |
| 11 |
Grands Vaux School | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Grouville School | 6 | 1 |
| 7 |
Janvrin School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 8 |
| 1 | 9 |
La Moye School | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Les Landes School | 7 |
| 1 | 8 |
Mont Nicolle School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Plat Douet School | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 2 |
| 5 | 7 |
Samares School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
Springfield School | 1 |
| 1 | 2 |
St Clement School |
|
|
|
|
St John School |
|
|
|
|
St Lawrence School |
|
| 1 | 1 |
St Luke School | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
St Martin School |
|
|
|
|
St Mary School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
St Peter School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
St Saviour School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Trinity School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 1 |
| 1 | 2 |
Total | 64 | 8 | 24 | 96 |
October 2012 - September 2013 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
|
|
|
|
27.8% |
| 33.3% | 22.2% |
50.0% | 20.0% |
| 28.9% |
10.0% | 20.0% | 11.1% | 12.5% |
33.3% | 14.3% |
| 17.5% |
5.9% | 7.7% | 14.3% | 9.1% |
36.4% |
| 11.1% | 23.1% |
27.8% | 16.7% | 11.8% | 19.5% |
63.6% |
| 16.7% | 36.4% |
7.7% |
|
| 3.8% |
27.8% | 9.1% | 30.0% | 23.1% |
9.5% |
| 27.8% | 14.9% |
12.5% |
|
| 5.9% |
10.0% |
| 50.0% | 9.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7.7% | 3.8% |
27.3% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 29.2% |
|
|
|
|
10.0% |
|
| 5.3% |
15.4% |
|
| 7.4% |
9.1% | 20.0% |
| 8.0% |
20.0% |
|
| 8.7% |
5.6% |
| 12.5% | 6.7% |
18.9% | 5.4% | 10.0% | 13.2% |
Primary School | October 2013 - August 2014 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School | 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
d'Auvergne School |
| 2 | 1 | 3 |
First Tower School |
|
| 3 | 3 |
Grands Vaux School | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Grouville School | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
Janvrin School | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 2 |
| 3 | 5 |
La Moye School | 4 |
| 3 | 7 |
Les Landes School | 3 | 1 |
| 4 |
Mont Nicolle School |
|
| 2 | 2 |
Plat Douet School | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
Samares School | 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
Springfield School | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |
St Clement School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
St John School | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
St Lawrence School | 1 |
| 1 | 2 |
St Luke School | 3 |
|
| 3 |
St Martin School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
St Mary School | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
St Peter School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
St Saviour School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Trinity School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Victoria College Preparatory |
|
| 3 | 3 |
Total | 38 | 10 | 35 | 83 |
October 2013 - August 2014 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
25.0% |
| 8.3% | 14.8% |
| 18.2% | 7.7% | 7.0% |
|
| 27.3% | 8.1% |
7.7% | 57.1% | 37.5% | 28.6% |
5.6% |
| 14.3% | 7.3% |
11.8% |
| 11.1% | 8.5% |
9.1% |
| 33.3% | 12.5% |
22.2% |
| 21.4% | 18.4% |
30.0% | 20.0% |
| 19.0% |
|
| 20.0% | 7.4% |
11.1% | 8.3% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
4.5% |
| 16.7% | 8.2% |
18.8% |
| 10.0% | 11.4% |
22.2% | 11.1% |
| 15.0% |
8.3% |
|
| 4.2% |
18.2% |
| 20.0% | 15.4% |
10.0% |
| 7.7% | 7.7% |
27.3% |
|
| 12.5% |
10.0% |
|
| 4.0% |
20.0% |
| 66.7% | 20.0% |
18.2% |
|
| 8.0% |
9.1% | 20.0% | 22.2% | 16.0% |
10.0% |
|
| 4.3% |
|
| 37.5% | 10.0% |
11.1% | 6.3% | 14.6% | 11.2% |
Primary School | September 2014 - September 2015 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
d'Auvergne School | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
First Tower School | 2 |
| 3 | 5 |
Grands Vaux School | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Grouville School | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Janvrin School | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
La Moye School | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Les Landes School | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Mont Nicolle School | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Plat Douet School | 4 |
| 1 | 5 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Samares School | 2 |
| 3 | 5 |
Springfield School |
|
|
|
|
St Clement School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
St John School |
|
| 2 | 2 |
St Lawrence School |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
St Luke School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
St Martin School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
St Mary School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
St Peter School |
|
|
|
|
St Saviour School | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
Trinity School | 1 |
| 1 | 2 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
Total | 40 | 20 | 47 | 107 |
September 2014 - September 2015 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
8.3% |
| 27.3% | 14.8% |
20.0% | 9.1% | 20.0% | 17.4% |
9.5% |
| 27.3% | 11.9% |
20.0% | 66.7% | 16.7% | 31.8% |
6.3% | 11.1% | 36.4% | 16.7% |
16.7% | 8.3% | 6.3% | 10.9% |
9.5% | 10.0% | 33.3% | 15.0% |
16.7% | 66.7% | 30.8% | 29.7% |
22.2% | 20.0% | 40.0% | 26.3% |
38.5% | 50.0% | 27.3% | 34.6% |
21.1% |
| 10.0% | 11.9% |
4.5% | 9.1% | 25.0% | 12.2% |
13.3% |
| 33.3% | 14.7% |
|
|
|
|
8.3% | 20.0% |
| 8.0% |
|
| 20.0% | 8.0% |
| 33.3% | 14.3% | 11.1% |
11.1% | 16.7% | 28.6% | 18.2% |
9.1% | 16.7% |
| 7.7% |
11.1% | 20.0% |
| 11.8% |
|
|
|
|
18.2% |
| 22.2% | 16.7% |
10.0% |
| 14.3% | 8.3% |
5.0% |
| 37.5% | 12.5% |
11.9% | 12.0% | 20.4% | 14.6% |
Primary School | September 2015 - August 2016 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School |
|
| 1 | 1 |
d'Auvergne School | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
First Tower School | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Grands Vaux School | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
Grouville School | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Janvrin School | 4 |
| 2 | 6 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 2 |
| 1 | 3 |
La Moye School | 6 |
| 4 | 10 |
Les Landes School | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Mont Nicolle School |
|
| 3 | 3 |
Plat Douet School | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |
Rouge Bouillon School | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Samares School | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |
Springfield School |
|
| 1 | 1 |
St Clement School | 3 |
|
| 3 |
St John School | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
St Lawrence School | 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
St Luke School | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
St Martin School | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
St Mary School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
St Peter School | 2 |
| 1 | 3 |
St Saviour School |
|
|
|
|
Trinity School | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Total | 45 | 18 | 34 | 97 |
September 2015 - August 2016 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
|
| 14.4% | 4.4% |
10.7% | 28.3% | 35.9% | 22.2% |
5.0% | 31.0% | 9.9% | 12.6% |
18.3% |
| 57.8% | 19.5% |
26.7% | 11.3% | 29.5% | 23.5% |
22.4% |
| 14.3% | 13.7% |
8.9% |
| 10.4% | 7.1% |
35.1% |
| 38.0% | 29.0% |
10.4% | 20.0% | 21.7% | 15.6% |
|
| 37.9% | 13.7% |
12.7% | 23.9% |
| 13.8% |
13.7% | 18.2% | 7.9% | 13.2% |
7.8% | 20.8% |
| 10.5% |
|
| 35.1% | 5.0% |
29.8% |
|
| 14.9% |
10.0% |
| 24.5% | 13.0% |
10.7% |
| 34.8% | 19.1% |
40.9% | 16.7% | 15.7% | 27.1% |
20.0% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 18.2% |
11.0% |
|
| 5.5% |
20.0% |
| 14.3% | 14.2% |
|
|
|
|
18.2% | 14.4% | 31.0% | 20.5% |
4.9% |
|
| 3.1% |
13.8% | 10.8% | 18.6% | 14.4% |
Primary School | September 2016 - December 2016 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total | |
Bel Royal School |
|
|
|
|
d'Auvergne School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
First Tower School |
|
| 2 | 2 |
Grands Vaux School |
|
|
|
|
Grouville School |
|
| 2 | 2 |
Janvrin School |
|
| 1 | 1 |
Jersey College for Girls Prep | 1 |
|
| 1 |
La Moye School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Les Landes School |
|
|
|
|
Mont Nicolle School |
|
|
|
|
Plat Douet School |
|
|
|
|
Rouge Bouillon School | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
Samares School | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Springfield School |
|
|
|
|
St Clement School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
St John School |
|
|
|
|
St Lawrence School | 2 |
|
| 2 |
St Luke School |
|
|
|
|
St Martin School |
|
|
|
|
St Mary School |
|
|
|
|
St Peter School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
St Saviour School | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Trinity School | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Victoria College Preparatory | 1 |
|
| 1 |
Total | 13 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
September 2016 - December 2016 | |||
Teachers | Teaching Assistants | Support Staff | Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 26.7% | 5.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
| 22.2% | 6.1% |
|
| 8.7% | 2.4% |
4.8% |
|
| 2.6% |
6.3% |
|
| 3.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.7% |
| 17.8% | 6.9% |
7.7% | 11.4% |
| 7.0% |
|
|
|
|
18.2% |
|
| 9.5% |
|
|
|
|
20.0% |
|
| 9.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.1% |
|
| 4.9% |
8.7% |
|
| 4.4% |
9.1% | 32.0% | 22.2% | 18.4% |
5.0% |
|
| 3.0% |
4.2% | 2.6% | 6.4% | 4.3% |
- It is not possible to provide a comparison between Island turnover rates and UK given the wide variety of data sources.
- Between the two reporting periods (2015 & 2016), changes were made within the HRIS system to split the primary schools from the nurseries, in doing so, 64 headcount were removed from Primary Schools.
(e)
End Reason | Total | % |
Other Employment in Jersey | 163 | 21.7% |
Move Within Dept. | 151 | 20.1% |
Contract Expiry | 150 | 20.0% |
Family Reasons | 89 | 11.9% |
Retirement | 88 | 11.7% |
Leaving Jersey | 52 | 6.9% |
Ill Health | 14 | 1.9% |
Acting Up | 12 | 1.6% |
Inter-Dept.Transfer | 7 | 0.9% |
Promotion | 5 | 0.7% |
Dismissal | 4 | 0.5% |
Early Retirement | 4 | 0.5% |
Secondment | 4 | 0.5% |
Deceased | 2 | 0.3% |
Resign Prior To Formal Action | 2 | 0.3% |
Failed Probation | 1 | 0.1% |
Other Voluntary | 1 | 0.1% |
Voluntary Early Retirement | 1 | 0.1% |
Voluntary Redundancy | 1 | 0.1% |
Total | 751 |
|