Data set from School workforce in England

Subjects taught and Specialist teachers and hours

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 4 June 2026

Headcount of teachers and hours taught in state-funded secondary schools by subject, and the percentages of teachers and the hours taught by relevant qualifications

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 22,848
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Headcount of teachers
  • Hours taught by teachers
  • Percentage of hours taught by teachers with qualification
• Filters:
  • Highest relevant qualification of teacher
  • Qualified teacher status
  • Subject taught
• Time period: 2010/11 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	year_group	qualified_status	subject	highest_subject_qualification	headcount	hours	headcount_percentage	hours_percentage
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	7 to 13	Total	All subjects	Any including none	219296	3553755	z	z
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	7 to 13	Qualified teacher	All subjects	Any including none	212931	3460860	z	z
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	7 to 13	Qualified teacher	All subjects	Masters degree or higher	13586	223631	6.4	6.5
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	7 to 13	Qualified teacher	All subjects	PGCE, PGDE, ProfGCE, or ProfGDE	109955	1910455	51.8	55.3
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	7 to 13	Qualified teacher	All subjects	Bachelors degree or equivalent	39961	673621	18.7	19.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
headcount	Headcount of teachers
headcount_percentage	Percentage of teachers with qualification
highest_subject_qualification	Highest relevant qualification of teacher
hours	Hours taught by teachers
hours_percentage	Percentage of hours taught by teachers with qualification

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