Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Teachers

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Published 28 November 2024

Last updated 28 November 2024

This file contains information on the number of teachers in the UK, by sex 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	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	1258.16
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery	Male	59.59

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

Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
In England, special schools include alternative provision schools.
In Scotland, nursery figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and Childcare, except childminders.
Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.
Totals includes those whose gender identity is other or unclassified.
In Northern Ireland, figures are rounded to the nearest 5.

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