Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Teachers of the Deaf, (b) Teachers for the Visually Impaired and (c) special educational needs coordinators are employed by schools (i) in and (ii) run by the (A) London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and (B) Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in the latest period for which information is available.

Information on the number of qualified teachers of the deaf or for the visually impaired is not collected by the department.

Information on the school workforce in England is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.

As at November 2021, the latest figures available, there were 57 special educational needs coordinators employed by state-funded schools in Richmond upon Thames local authority and 49 in Kingston upon Thames local authority. Figures by school type can be found in the table below.

Headcount of special educational needs coordinators employed by state-funded schools, by local authority and school type (November 2021)