Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher retention

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 4 June 2026

Percentage of teachers remaining in state-funded schools in England in the years following obtaining their Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), by year of gaining QTS

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 30
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Headcount of NQTs
  • Percentage of teachers still in service 1 year after qualifying
  • Percentage of teachers still in service 10 years after qualifying
• Filters:
  • Year teacher qualified
• Time period: 2025 November

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	year_qualified	headcount_nqts	one_yr_after_qualifying_percent	two_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	three_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	four_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	five_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	six_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	seven_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	eight_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	nine_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	ten_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	eleven_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twelve_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	thirteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	fourteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	fifteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	sixteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	seventeen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	eighteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	nineteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twenty_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentyone_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentytwo_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentythree_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentyfour_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentyfive_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentysix_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentyseven_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentyeight_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	twentynine_yrs_after_qualifying_percent
2025	November	National	E92000001	England	1996	18096	89.8	84.9	80	74.7	70.9	67	63.3	59.3	55.8	51	47.9	44.6	41.4	39.1	35.6	32.5	29.4	26.5	23.7	21.2	19	17.2	15.6	14.3	12.9	11.5	10.4	9.2	8.1
2025	November	National	E92000001	England	1997	18912	91.5	85.6	79.6	75.4	71.2	67.3	63.1	59.5	54.6	51.3	47.9	44.6	42.3	38.7	35.5	32.4	29.4	26.4	23.8	21.4	19.6	17.8	16.5	15	13.5	12.3	11	9.9	x
2025	November	National	E92000001	England	1998	17773	90.9	83.7	79.1	74.6	70.5	66.1	62.4	57.3	53.9	50.5	47.2	44.9	41.3	38	34.8	31.7	28.6	25.9	23.5	21.5	19.7	18.4	16.8	15.3	13.9	12.6	11.4	x	x
2025	November	National	E92000001	England	1999	18268	89	83.3	78.4	74	69.4	65.6	60.2	56.8	53.3	49.8	47.6	43.9	40.6	37.3	34.1	31	28.2	25.6	23.6	21.8	20.3	18.7	17.1	15.7	14.3	13.1	x	x	x
2025	November	National	E92000001	England	2000	17563	89.4	83.3	78.3	73.3	69.3	63.7	60.1	56.5	52.8	50.6	46.8	43.4	40	36.7	33.4	30.6	27.9	25.8	23.8	22.3	20.7	19	17.5	16	14.8	x	x	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 31 variables

Variable name	Variable description
eight_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	Percentage of teachers still in service 8 years after qualifying
eighteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	Percentage of teachers still in service 18 years after qualifying
eleven_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	Percentage of teachers still in service 11 years after qualifying
fifteen_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	Percentage of teachers still in service 15 years after qualifying
five_yrs_after_qualifying_percent	Percentage of teachers still in service 5 years after qualifying

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