Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vacancies in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for roles with SEND responsibilities in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.

Information on the school workforce in state-funded schools in England, including the number of teacher vacancies and temporarily filled posts, is published in the annual ‘school workforce in England’ national statistics site, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The latest information is as of November 2021.

Information on the role of staff vacancies, such as special educational needs and disabilities responsibilities, is not collected by the department.