Specialist teachers and hours
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Percent of hours taught by teachers with post-A level qualification in relevant subject and percent of teachers holding qualification in relevant subject by highest qualification
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- School workforce in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2023
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage of hours taught by teacher with qualification
- Percentage of teachers with qualification
- Filters
- Highest qualification of teacher
- Subject taught
- Time period
- 2014/15 to 2023/24
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | subject | highest_qualification | percentage_teachers | percentage_hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Mathematics | Any relevant post A level qualification | 76.6 | 84.8 |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | English | Any relevant post A level qualification | 80.4 | 90.7 |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Physics | Any relevant post A level qualification | 58.1 | 72.2 |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Chemistry | Any relevant post A level qualification | 73.4 | 82.9 |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Biology | Any relevant post A level qualification | 88.1 | 92.8 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| highest_qualification | Highest qualification of teacher |
| percentage_hours | Percentage of hours taught by teacher with qualification |
| percentage_teachers | Percentage of teachers with qualification |
| subject | Subject taught |
Footnotes
- Teachers were counted once against each subject and key stage they taught, irrespective of the time spent teaching. Therefore, teachers may be counted against multiple subjects and key stages so sums of these categories may be greater than the number of secondary school teachers.
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