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Academic year 2024/25

Further education college workforce using teacher pension data

Analysis focusing on the further education college workforce in England using teachers’ pensions scheme data. Covers the years 2002/03 to 2024/25.

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• Published: 23 April 2026

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• Attrition

  National, Regional

  Headcount and percentage of teachers in statutory FE not seen working in the sector the following year, split by region, provider type, gender and age.

  • Number of rows: 440
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teachers not in service the following year
    • Percentage of teachers not in service the following year
  • Filters:
    • Provider type
    • Age group
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2023/24

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• Headcount

  National, Regional

  Headcount and percentage of teachers in statutory FE and academy converters, split by region, provider type, gender and age.

  • Number of rows: 491
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teachers
    • Percentage of teachers within statutory FE
  • Filters:
    • Provider type
    • Age group
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2024/25

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• Full time equivalent (FTE) salary

  National, Regional

  Median full time equivalent salary of teachers in statutory FE, split by region, provider type, gender and age.

  • Number of rows: 460
  • Indicators:
    • Median FTE salary
  • Filters:
    • Provider type
    • Age group
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2024/25

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• Headcount by new, returning and continuing

  National

  Headcount and percentage of teachers in statutory FE split by those who are new, returning from a gap of a year or more, or continuing service from the previous year. Split by provider type.

  • Number of rows: 207
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teachers
    • Percentage of teachers
  • Filters:
    • Provider type
    • Summary
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2024/25

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• Salary progression

  National

  Median full time equivalent salary of teachers for each year of service in the statutory FE sector and the percentage change on the previous year worked. Split by provider type.

  • Number of rows: 828
  • Indicators:
    • Median FTE salary
    • Previous year median FTE salary
    • Year on year salary percentage change
  • Filters:
    • Provider type
    • First year teaching in statutory FE
    • Years worked in statutory FE
  • Time period: 2024 December

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• Retention

  National

  Headcount and percentage of teachers in statutory FE seen in service after a given number of years since joining the provider type.

  • Number of rows: 828
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teachers still in service
    • Percentage of teachers still in service
  • Filters:
    • Provider type
    • First year teaching in statutory FE
    • Years since joining statutory FE
  • Time period: 2024 December

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• Destination of leaving teachers

  National

  Headcount and percentage of teachers' destinations the year after leaving statutory FE.

  • Number of rows: 44
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teachers leaving
    • Percentage of leaving teachers
  • Filters:
    • Position in the following year
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2023/24

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• Origin of new teachers

  National

  Headcount and percentage of teachers' origins the year before joining statutory FE.

  • Number of rows: 53
  • Indicators:
    • Number of new teachers
    • Percentage of new teachers
  • Filters:
    • Position in the previous year
  • Time period: 2002/03 to 2024/25

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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This page describes the data provided in the underlying data files for the Further education college workforce using teacher pension data publication. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License. (opens in new tab)

The methodology should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality, as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data. 

Coverage

The statistics and data cover institutions in the statutory Further Education sector in England for academic years 2002/03 to 2024/25.  

File formats and conventions

Symbols used in the underlying data files are:

z =  not applicable - statistic cannot be produced. For example where a denominator is not available to produce a percentage. 

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