Data set from School workforce in England

Teachers' Pensions Scheme

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 4 June 2026

First awards under the Teachers' Pensions Scheme, by type of award and year

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 13,374
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Age actuarially reduced benefits
  • Age retirement
  • All first award types
• Filters:
  • Age group
  • Grade of last post
  • Sex
• 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	school_type	grade	sex	age_group	age	premature	arb	ill_health	all_retirements
202526	Financial year	National	E92000001	England	Total schools in Teachers Pension Scheme	Total	Total	Total	6897	20	2314	377	9608
202526	Financial year	National	E92000001	England	Total schools in Teachers Pension Scheme	Headteacher	Total	Total	342	3	250	35	630
202526	Financial year	National	E92000001	England	Total schools in Teachers Pension Scheme	Other leadership teachers	Total	Total	471	4	247	64	786
202526	Financial year	National	E92000001	England	Total schools in Teachers Pension Scheme	Deputy head	Total	Total	191	1	95	29	316
202526	Financial year	National	E92000001	England	Total schools in Teachers Pension Scheme	Assistant head	Total	Total	280	3	152	35	470

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age retirement
age_group	Age group
all_retirements	All first award types
arb	Age actuarially reduced benefits
grade	Grade of last post

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Footnotes

1. The number of awards may be revised for each past year as late applications for pension benefits are processed.
2. Ill health - early retirement at reduced rate due to ill health; Premature - early retirement following redundancy; Age Actuarially Reduced Benefit - early retirement at reduced rate before normal pension age; Age retirement - at normal pension age or later.

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Email: schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Tony Clarke
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