Data set from School workforce in England

Subjects taught

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Published 6 June 2024

Last updated 19 June 2024

Headcount of teachers and the number of hours taught by subject to year groups 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of hours taught for all years
  • Number of hours taught for years 10 and 11
  • Number of hours taught for years 12 and 13
• Filters:
  • Subject taught
• Time period: 2011/12 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	subject	teachers_allyrs	teachers_yrs79	teachers_yrs1011	teachers_yrs1213	hours_allyrs	hours_yrs79	hours_yrs1011	hours_yrs1213
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Mathematics	35204	30555	27945	12636	485736	237643	189191	58903
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	English	38784	33811	29519	12502	491930	243586	197082	51262
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Physics	5874	1239	3013	4334	39492	3437	13431	22624
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Chemistry	6936	1247	3299	5384	45309	3116	13472	28721
201112	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Biology	8489	1370	3708	6859	53424	3749	14188	35487

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
hours_allyrs	Number of hours taught for all years
hours_yrs1011	Number of hours taught for years 10 and 11
hours_yrs1213	Number of hours taught for years 12 and 13
hours_yrs79	Number of hours taught for years 7 to 9
subject	Subject taught

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Footnotes

1. Teachers were counted once against each subject and key stage they taught, irrespective of the time spent teaching. Therefore, teachers may be counted against multiple subjects and key stages so sums of these categories may be greater than the number of secondary school teachers.

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