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  1. Step 1 Choose a publication

    Publication
    Education and training statistics for the UK
  2. Step 2 Select a data set

    Data set
    Teacher numbers
  3. Step 3 Choose locations

    National
    • United Kingdom
  4. Step 4 Choose time period

    Time period
    2015/16 to 2020/21
  5. Step 5 Choose your filters

    Indicators
    • Full-time equivalent number of teachers
    Gender
    • Total
    School type
    • Total
    • Middle
    • Non-maintained mainstream
    • Nursery
    • Primary
  6. Step 6 (current) Explore data

    This data is not from the latest release
    View latest data: Reporting year 2023
    Full-time equivalent number of teachers for 'Teacher numbers' for Middle, Non-maintained mainstream, Nursery, Primary, Secondary and 2 other filters in United Kingdom between 2015/16 and 2020/21
    2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/21
    Nursery2,5852,4832,4082,2512,2132,112
    Primary262,544265,361264,605265,844264,804267,140
    Middle3455337149811,1571,223
    Secondary254,287251,039246,956246,150247,378253,468
    Special25,04725,75126,22227,13927,88328,674
    Total maintained550,495550,749545,834547,275548,078557,346
    Non-maintained mainstream74,18274,30975,88277,31776,44278,981
    Total624,677625,058621,717624,592624,520636,327

    Footnotes

    1. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
    2. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.

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