Academic year 2022/23

Further education workforce

This annual official statistics in development release includes data on the further education workforce and governors in England.

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Produced by: Department for Education
Published: 30 May 2024
Last updated: 29 May 2025

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The proportion of staff with each gender by role and provider type
This table shows the proportion of staff in each provider type identifying as each gender. It also shows this split by role.
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Featured table: ethnicity by role and provider typ
Table to show the proportion of staff identifying as each ethnicity, broken down by provider type and role.
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Proportion of staff in each age group, by role and provider type
This table shows the proportion of staff in each group, for each role and provider type
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Featured table: proportion of people identifying as having a disability, by role and provider type
This table shows the proportion of people identifying as having a disability by role and provider type.
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Percentage of teachers teaching each subjects by provider type
Percentage of teachers teaching each subjects by provider type and type of subject
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Median average full time pay by gender, role and provider type
Median average full time pay by gender, role and provider type
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Median average full time pay by age group, role and provider type
Median average full time pay by age group, role and provider type
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Full-time Equivalent (FTE) median salary for each role in each provider type, split by gender
Full-time Equivalent (FTE) median salary for each role in each provider type, split by gender
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Median annual Full-time Equivalent (FTE) salary for each role in each region and provider type
Median annual Full-time Equivalent (FTE) salary for each role in each region and provider type
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Median FTE salary for each role in each provider type, by region
Median FTE salary for each role in each provider type, by region
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Full-time Equivalent (FTE) median salary for each gender in each provider type and role
Full-time Equivalent (FTE) median salary for each gender in each provider type and role
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Proportion of staff on each contract type by role and provider type
Proportion of staff on each contract type by role and provider type
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Working pattern by provider type and role
Working pattern by provider type and role
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FTE and headcount for each provider type and role (permanent/fixed term contracts only)
FTE and headcount for each provider type and role (permanent/fixed term contracts only)
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Percentage of further education staff teaching each subject type
Percentage of further education staff teaching each subject type
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Percentage of staff on permanent or fixed term contracts who work full time in each provider type
Percentage of staff on permanent or fixed term contracts who work full time in each provider type
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Contract type by provider type and role
Contract type by provider type and role
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Average (median) Full-time Equivalent (FTE) pay for each role and provider type
Average (median) Full-time Equivalent (FTE) pay for each role and provider type
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Average pay of further education workforce
National, Regional
Mean and median pay of further education staff, by provider type.
Number of rows
13,637
Indicators
Contract type (permanent and fixed term only)
Median annual salary for permanent or fixed term staff
Mean annual salary for permanent or fixed term staff
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Type of staff member role
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Governor demographics in colleges
National, Regional
Characteristics of college governors. There are breakdowns for gender, ethnicity, disability status and age.
Number of rows
2,842
Indicators
Number of governors (responding colleges only)
Percent of governors within category
Filters
Name of provider type
Type of governors on the board
Years governors have spend in role since appointed
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Size of the further education workforce
National
Headcount and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) of staff by further education provider type.
Number of rows
216
Indicators
Lower estimate of number of staff
Upper estimate of number of staff
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Type of staff member role
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Characteristics of further education workforce
National, Regional
Characteristics of the further education workforce.
Number of rows
34,752
Indicators
Number of staff
Percent of staff within category
Filters
Name of provider type
Type of staff member role
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Proportion of providers returning data (workforce collection)
National
Proportion of providers returning data to the further education workforce data collection.
Number of rows
18
Indicators
Percentage of providers that returned data
Total providers asked to return data
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Proportion of providers returning data (vacancy collection)
National
Proportion of providers returning data to the further education vacancy data collection.
Number of rows
18
Indicators
Percentage of providers that returned data
Total providers asked to return data
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Proportion of providers returning data (governor collection)
National
Characteristics of college governors. There are breakdowns for gender, ethnicity, disability status and age.
Number of rows
6
Indicators
Percentage of providers that returned data
Total providers asked to return data
Filters
Name of provider type
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Subjects taught by teachers in further education providers
National, Regional
Subjects taught by teachers in further education providers.
Number of rows
7,655
Indicators
Number of staff
Percentage of teachers teaching the subject by provider type
Rank by provider type of number of teachers teaching subject
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Type of subject being taught
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Contract and working patterns of the further education workforce
National, Regional
Contract and working patterns of further education staff, by provider type.
Number of rows
8,264
Indicators
Number of staff
Percent of staff within category
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Type of staff member role
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Governor vacancies in colleges
National, Regional
Details of the number of vacancies in governing bodies for colleges.
Number of rows
58
Indicators
Number of governors (responding colleges only)
Number of unfilled governor vacancies by the end of the academic year (responding providers only)
Unfilled governor vacancy rate per 100
Filters
Name of provider type
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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Teacher, management and leadership vacancies in further education providers
National, Regional
Unfilled vacancies for teachers and managers and leaders. Also gives the number of unfilled vacancies by subject for teachers.
Number of rows
7,164
Indicators
Number of staff (responding providers only)
Number of unfilled vacancies by the end of the academic year (responding providers only)
Unfilled vacancy rate per 100
Filters
Name of provider type
Sub group of private sector public funded or other public funded
Type of staff member role
Time period
2021/22 to 2022/23
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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

This page describes the data provided in the Further Education Workforce in England national statistic underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (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 Further Education Workforce in England publication provides the latest information at national and regional level on the number and characteristics of staff that work in further education providers in England.

The publication summarises information collected from further education providers via the Further Education Workforce Data Collection (opens in new tab) .

The publication and it's underlying data files provide information on:

Workforce numbers and characteristics - there are various breakdowns of these; post held, further education provider type, gender, age, disability and ethnicity.
Workforce pay - the statistics provide an age, gender and provider type breakdown of annual salary for full time staff on permanent and fixed term contracts. Where appropriate, average mean and median salaries are provided for comparison purposes.
Workforce contracts and working patterns - there are various breakdowns of these; post held, further education provider type, contract type, and whether they work full/part-time.
Subjects taught - the number of teachers teaching each subject in each provider type.
Teacher vacancies - the number and proportion of vacancies for each role type. Vacancies are recorded if they occurred at any point in the academic year.
Governor characteristics - the characteristics of governors by various breakdowns: age, ethnicity, years of service.

In most cases, underlying data files include national and regional information for schools in England.

File formats and conventions

Symbols used in the underlying data files are:

x = not available - information has not been collected or there are no estimates available at this level of aggregation.

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

c = confidential - where presentation of data would disclose confidential information, for example being able to identify details about a single respondent, this data must be suppressed and given this marker to maintain confidentiality clauses.

u = low reliability - values of the potentially low quality, for example where values of statistical significance have been calculated.

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