Data set from School workforce in England

Support staff characteristics

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 4 June 2026

Support staff FTE and headcount by type of school and characteristics including post held, sex, age group and ethnicity

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 596,648
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Full-time equivalent
  • Full-time equivalent percent within indicator
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Age group
  • Ethnicity minor
  • Post
• Time period: 2011/12 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_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	post	sex	age_group	working_pattern	ethnicity_major	ethnicity_minor	full_time_equivalent	headcount	fte_percent_within_indicator	headcount_percent_within_indicator
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Teaching assistants	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	295182.85	410120	100	100
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Other school support staff	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	44266.64	57196	100	100
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Administrative staff	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	64347.4	90068	100	100
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Technicians	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	15980.64	19494	100	100
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Auxiliary staff	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	70166.58	188532	100	100

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_group	Age group
ethnicity_minor	Ethnicity minor
fte_percent_within_indicator	Full-time equivalent percent within indicator
full_time_equivalent	Full-time equivalent
headcount	Headcount

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Email: schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
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