Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Teacher numbers

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

This file contains information on the number of teachers in the United Kingdom, broken down by gender and school type.

Data set details

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	phase	gender	t_fte_teachers
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery	Female	1258.165
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery	Male	59.59
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery	Total	1318.215
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Primary	Female	185269.06432
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Primary	Male	33363.58965

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable name	Variable description
gender	Gender
phase	School type
t_fte_teachers	Full-time equivalent number of teachers

In Scotland, figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and childcare, not only nurseries.
In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
In England and Scotland, total teachers includes centrally employed teachers.
Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.

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