FOI Request - Hours With Teachers

Request 101002933857

-How many hours of teaching time per week do children in your authority’s primary schools receive (by teaching hours, I mean contact time with a teacher not including breaks or lunch)

-Do all your secondary schools offer 27.5 hours of teacher contact per week in term time?

-If not, how many schools offer less than 27.5 timetabled classes with teachers? And please specify how many hours of timetabled classes are offered per week?

-If you have schools who do not offer timetabled classes for all pupils on a Friday afternoon then please state the number of timetabled hours pupils have with teachers.

Response 17-12-21

-How many hours of teaching time per week do children in your authority's primary schools receive (by teaching hours, I mean contact time with a teacher not including breaks or lunch) 25 hours per week of teaching time.

-Do all your secondary schools offer 27.5 hours of teacher contact per week in term time? Yes they do – all secondary schools have exactly the same start and finish times and a 27.5 hour allocation of teaching time.

-If not, how many schools offer less than 27.5 timetabled classes with teachers? And please specify how many hours of timetabled classes are offered per week? N/A

-If you have schools who do not offer timetabled classes for all pupils on a Friday afternoon then please state the number of timetabled hours pupils have with teachers. We have an asymmetric 33 period week where each period is 50 minutes – this adds up to 27.5 hours. Pupils do not attend on a Friday afternoon.