1. Can you please provide me with the total number of all teaching assistant posts – filled or vacant – in maintained schools,
a) the average salary for a teaching assistant employed by the council in each academic year since 2019/20?

2.
a) Of those posts, can you tell me how many were vacant at the start of each academic year,
b) how many became vacant during the course of each academic year,
c) how many vacancies were filled during the course of each academic year?