AQW 31023/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of vacancies remaining in Local Impact Teams, as of the start of the academic year 2025-26.
Asked by Nick Mathison MLA on 12 September 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 12 September 2025
- Answer due by
- 29 September 2025
- Answered
- 23 September 202511 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
By the end of the last academic year, 42.2 FTE frontline vacancies had arisen across the EA’s pre-existing SEND support services as part of ‘business as usual’. In addition to that a further 24 FTE Teacher posts had been proposed across the Local Impact Teams (LiTs) network. EA-wide restrictions meant that recruitment for these posts was delayed over the summer but is now underway.