Data set from Further education college workforce using teacher pension data

Headcount

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Published 23 April 2026

Last updated 23 April 2026

Headcount and percentage of teachers in statutory FE and academy converters, split by region, provider type, gender and age.

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Data set details

• Theme: Further education
• Publication: Further education college workforce using teacher pension data
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 491
• Geographic levels: National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of teachers
  • Percentage of teachers within statutory FE
• Filters:
  • Provider type
  • Age group
  • Gender
• Time period: 2002/03 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	provider_type	gender	age_group	headcount_staff	percentage_of_staff_within_statutory_fe
200203	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	Total statutory FE	Total	Total	3540	5.7398
200203	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	Total statutory FE	Total	Total	10136	16.4345
200203	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	Total statutory FE	Total	Total	6628	10.7467
200203	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	Total statutory FE	Total	Total	4179	6.7758
200203	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	Total statutory FE	Total	Total	8167	13.242

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_group	Age group
gender	Gender
headcount_staff	Number of teachers
percentage_of_staff_within_statutory_fe	Percentage of teachers within statutory FE
provider_type	Provider type

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Footnotes

1. The drop in headcount in Sixth Form Colleges from academic year 2017/2018 onwards can be partially attributed to some providers becoming academy converters and falling out of scope, rather than teachers leaving their education provider.

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Further Education Workforce Team

Email: FurtherEducation.WORKFORCE@education.gov.uk
Contact name: João Morais

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