Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Teachers numbers

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Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 17 November 2022

Number of Full-time equivalent teachers in the United Kingdom by phase and gender.

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Data set details

• Theme: UK education and training statistics
• Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Full-time equivalent number of teachers
• Filters:
  • Gender
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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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	phase	gender	t_fte_teachers
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Non-maintained mainstream	Female	46332
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Non-maintained mainstream	Male	26643.5
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Non-maintained mainstream	Total	72975.5
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Nursery	Female	1258.165
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Nursery	Male	59.59

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
gender	Gender
phase	School type
t_fte_teachers	Full-time equivalent number of teachers

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Footnotes

1. Totals include teachers with 'other' or 'unknown' gender.
2. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
3. In England and Scotland, total maintained teachers include centrally employed teachers not included in the school phase breakdowns.
4. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
5. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
6. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.

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