'Specialist teachers in state funded secondary schools' from 'School workforce in England'
| 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and design | 89.0 | 94.1 | 96.5 | 96.0 | 96.3 | 96.4 | x | 96.5 | 96.3 |
| Biology | 86.2 | 92.1 | 94.3 | 93.5 | 93.0 | 93.1 | x | 93.5 | 93.3 |
| Business / Economics | 76.7 | 84.8 | 84.2 | 84.6 | 84.1 | 82.5 | x | 82.2 | 81.8 |
| Chemistry | 80.2 | 81.3 | 83.1 | 81.9 | 81.6 | 82.7 | x | 83.4 | 83.2 |
| Citizenship | 17.5 | 19.5 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 21.9 | x | 20.1 | 21.1 |
| Combined/General science | 89.0 | 94.9 | 95.3 | 94.6 | 94.5 | 94.7 | x | 95.5 | 95.1 |
| Computing | z | z | z | 45.6 | 47.3 | 50.4 | x | 53.1 | 54.1 |
| Design and Technology - Electronics/Systems and Control | 86.7 | 87.4 | 86.2 | 84.1 | 82.9 | 87.0 | x | 80.5 | 76.9 |
| Design and Technology - Food Technology | 74.3 | 76.2 | 82.6 | 73.8 | 72.8 | 76.9 | x | 75.1 | 73.0 |
| Design and Technology - Graphics | 83.4 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 85.0 | 82.8 | 75.6 | x | 73.0 | 70.8 |
| Design and Technology - Resistant Materials | 86.2 | 89.5 | 89.8 | 87.2 | 86.0 | 84.9 | x | 83.9 | 79.0 |
| Design and Technology - Textiles | 82.4 | 83.5 | 86.5 | 81.8 | 80.3 | 74.7 | x | 76.4 | 74.3 |
| All design and technology | 81.1 | 83.4 | 85.9 | 83.5 | 82.6 | 82.5 | x | 80.7 | 78.7 |
| Drama | 70.6 | 75.9 | 79.1 | 80.3 | 79.7 | 79.6 | x | 80.9 | 81.7 |
| Engineering | 21.9 | 23.9 | 25.2 | 24.6 | 21.7 | 20.3 | x | 19.7 | 20.1 |
| English | 83.0 | 86.6 | 90.4 | 89.3 | 89.4 | 91.1 | x | 92.6 | 92.1 |
| English Baccalaureate | z | z | 87.8 | 87.0 | 87.1 | 87.8 | x | 88.5 | 87.4 |
| French | 75.3 | 81.6 | 84.3 | 83.8 | 82.6 | 83.3 | x | 81.2 | 79.0 |
| Geography | 83.3 | 85.7 | 87.4 | 85.7 | 86.9 | 88.6 | x | 90.1 | 88.6 |
| German | 75.3 | 78.4 | 81.1 | 80.8 | 80.1 | 80.8 | x | 80.6 | 79.5 |
| History | 85.3 | 89.0 | 91.4 | 90.4 | 90.9 | 91.9 | x | 92.9 | 93.3 |
| ICT | 56.0 | 61.6 | 69.5 | 68.5 | 69.6 | 68.3 | x | 68.3 | 68.3 |
| Mathematics | 79.8 | 82.0 | 87.2 | 86.9 | 87.2 | 87.1 | x | 88.4 | 87.2 |
| Media Studies | 32.1 | 34.2 | 37.6 | 39.1 | 39.0 | 39.7 | x | 41.8 | 40.7 |
| Music | 89.2 | 95.5 | 97.1 | 96.4 | 96.4 | 96.2 | x | 95.6 | 94.7 |
| Other/Combined Technology | 79.4 | 83.6 | 84.2 | 86.5 | 86.2 | 86.9 | x | 86.6 | 84.7 |
| Other Modern Languages | 39.3 | 44.0 | 50.3 | 56.5 | 57.7 | 56.8 | x | 58.2 | 57.4 |
| Other Sciences | 81.9 | 89.2 | 87.1 | 85.7 | 88.3 | 91.6 | x | 87.4 | 86.1 |
| Physical education | 89.3 | 92.8 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 95.9 | 97.3 | x | 97.1 | 96.9 |
| Physics | 71.8 | 74.6 | 75.3 | 75.1 | 75.3 | 73.3 | x | 72.4 | 72.5 |
| Religious Education | 70.4 | 72.8 | 75.3 | 75.9 | 75.8 | 74.8 | x | 75.4 | 74.2 |
| Spanish | 57.0 | 60.8 | 63.0 | 62.2 | 62.1 | 63.0 | x | 63.2 | 61.9 |
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 will be greater than the number of secondary school teachers.
Source: School workforce in England, Specialist teachers in state funded secondary schools
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