Further education workforce
This annual official statistics in development release includes data on the further education workforce and governors in England.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Further education workforce statistics and data:
Further Education Workforce Team
Email: FurtherEducation.WORKFORCE@education.gov.ukContact name: Fran Elliott
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Official statistics in development
These statistics are undergoing a development. They have been developed under the guidance of the Head of Profession for Statistics and published to involve users and stakeholders at an early stage in assessing their suitability and quality.
They have been produced as far as possible in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for the School System and Finance
- Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education
- Permanent Secretary
- Deputy Permanent Secretary
- Special Adviser (x4)
- Media officer (x3)
- Director General, Strategy Group
- Director, Further Education
- Director of SARDIS
- Deputy Director, Further Education workforce (x2)
- Deputy Director, Central Support and Strategy Team, ESFA Further Education directorate
- Grade 6, Further Education Workforce Policy (x6)
- Grade 6, Improvement, Support and Intervention
- Grade 7, Further Education workforce policy
- Grade 7, Further Education Leadership workforce
- Grade 7, Further Education governance policy