Data set from School workforce in England

Occasional teachers - school level

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 4 June 2026

Headcount of teachers with a contract or service agreement for fewer than 28 days

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 354,392
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Qualified Teacher Status
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2025/26

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_name	region_code	la_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	qts_status	headcount
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022065	100010	Brecknock Primary School	Total	3
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022065	100010	Brecknock Primary School	Qualified	1
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022065	100010	Brecknock Primary School	Unqualified	2
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022065	100010	Brecknock Primary School	QTS_unknown	0
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	Inner London	E13000001	Camden	202	E09000007	2022078	100011	Brookfield Primary School	Total	1

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
headcount	Headcount
qts_status	Qualified Teacher Status

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