Characteristics of further education workforce
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education workforce
- API data set ID
- 019e462a-40ce-7508-bc04-0a76a0a09bc9
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- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 73,213
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Headcount of staff
- Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff
- Percent of headcount staff within category
- Filters
- Name of provider type
- Type of staff member role
- Contract type
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | fe_sector_type | provider_type | main_role_type | contract_type | characteristic | characteristic_type | number_staff_fte | number_staff_hc | perc_fte | perc_hc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Statutory sector | General FE College incl Tertiary | Total | Permanent and fixed term | Total | Total | z | 100775.436464088 | z | 57.6655550922198 | ||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non statutory sector | Independent Training Provider (ITP) | Total | Permanent and fixed term | Total | Total | z | 40730.3337696335 | z | 23.3066448365548 | ||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non statutory sector | Local Authority with an Education Remit | Total | Permanent and fixed term | Total | Total | z | 6880.63716814159 | z | 3.93722692365056 | ||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non statutory sector | Other Provider Type | Total | Permanent and fixed term | Total | Total | z | 1288 | z | 0.737017249091713 | ||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non statutory sector | School Based Providers | Total | Permanent and fixed term | Total | Total | z | 7497 | z | 4.28992105313709 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic_type | Staff characteristic type - Select the characteristic you are interested in |
| contract_type | Contract type |
| main_role_type | Type of staff member role |
| number_staff_fte | Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff |
| number_staff_hc | Headcount of staff |
Footnotes
- This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
- All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
- National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
- Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
- The Further Education Data Collection currently collects gender of staff, as opposed to their legal sex. There are plans to start collecting sex instead of gender in future collections.
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- Characteristics of further education workforce
- API data set ID
- 019e462a-40ce-7508-bc04-0a76a0a09bc9
- API data set version
- 1.0
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Further Education Workforce Team
Email: FurtherEducation.WORKFORCE@education.gov.ukContact name: Fran Elliott