Data set from School Leadership retention

Senior leader retention at the same post or higher

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Published 2 October 2025

Last updated 2 October 2025

Retention rates and headcounts of senior leaders in state funded primary or secondary schools at the same post or higher.

Data set details

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
geographic_level	country_code	country_name	time_period	time_identifier	phase_type_grouping	post	years_after_new_to_post	headcount_retained_at_same_post_or_higher	rate_retained_at_same_post_or_higher
National	E92000001	England	2011	Reporting year	State-funded nursery and primary	Head	New to post	974	z
National	E92000001	England	2011	Reporting year	State-funded nursery and primary	Head	1 Year	913	93.7
National	E92000001	England	2011	Reporting year	State-funded nursery and primary	Head	2 Years	882	90.6
National	E92000001	England	2011	Reporting year	State-funded nursery and primary	Head	3 Years	838	86
National	E92000001	England	2011	Reporting year	State-funded nursery and primary	Head	4 Years	809	83.1

Table showing all 5 variables
Variable name	Variable description
headcount_retained_at_same_post_or_higher	Headcount
phase_type_grouping	School Phase - Filter by school phase
post	Post - Filter by leadership post
rate_retained_at_same_post_or_higher	Percent retained
years_after_new_to_post	Years after New to Post - Number of years after the cohort was new to post

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