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Academic year 2021/22
Further education workforce
Data guidance
Published
Description
This page describes the data provided in the School Workforce in England national statistic underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data.
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 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.
Data files
All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.
Data files
All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.
Size of the further education workforce
Filename
size_of_further_education_workforce.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2021/22
Content
Headcount of staff by further education provider type. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
maximum_number_staff_grossed_estimate
Upper estimate of number of staff (headcount)
minimum_number_staff
Lower estimate of number of staff (headcount)
provider_type
Name of provider type
Footnotes
Figures have been scaled to provide an upper estimate for the size of the further education workforce.
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Mean and median pay of further education staff, by provider type. There are breakdowns for age, gender and roles. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_group
Age group
contract_type
Contract type (permanent and fixed term only)
gender
Gender
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
main_subject_taught
Main subject taught
mean_pay
Mean annual salary for full time, permanent or fixed term staff
median_pay
Median annual salary for full time permanent or fixed term staff
number_staff_in_group
Number of staff in sample used to determine mean or median pay
provider_type
Name of provider type
working_pattern
Working pattern (full time only)
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types of managers may differ across provider types and this could drive differences in management staff pay across provider types.
For private sector public funded providers and other public funded providers, the London region has the lowest proportion of providers returning data. However London is the region with the most number of these providers. Therefore our estimate of median salary based on the responding colleges for these provider types will be proportionally skewed by the other regions where pay bands are often lower.
Mean and median salary figures shown are estimates from the providers that returned data to the further education workforce data collection. We have not attempted to estimate the salaries for staff in the providers who did not return data.
Where data shows 'z', this indicates data is not applicable, 'c' indicates data is suppressed and 'u' indicates an estimate of an average is not possible due to too few staff in the sample.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Contract and working patterns of the further education workforce
Filename
contract_info_of_further_education_workforce.csv
Geographic levels
National; Regional
Time period
2021/22
Content
Contract and working patterns of further education staff, by provider type. There are breakdowns for contract types and working pattern (e.g. full time or part time). Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
contract_type
Contract type
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
number_staff
Number of staff (headcount)
percentage_of_staff_within_category
Headcount percent of staff within category
provider_type
Name of provider type
working_pattern
Working pattern
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Characteristics of the further education workforce. There are breakdowns for gender, ethnicity, disability status and age. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_group
Age group
disability_status
Disability status
ethnicity_major
Ethnicity major
ethnicity_minor
Ethnicity minor
gender
Gender
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
number_staff
Number of staff (headcount)
percentage_of_staff_within_category
Headcount percent of staff within category
provider_type
Name of provider type
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Subjects taught by teachers in further education providers
Filename
subjects_taught_teachers_further_education.csv
Geographic levels
National; Regional
Time period
2021/22
Content
Subjects taught by teachers in further education providers. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
main_subject_taught
Main subject taught
national_subject_rank_by_provider_type
Rank by provider type of number of teachers teaching subject
Percentage of teachers teaching the subject by provider type
provider_type
Name of provider type
subject_type
Type of subject being taught
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Teacher, management and leadership vacancies in further education providers
Filename
vacancies_further_education_providers.csv
Geographic levels
National; Regional
Time period
2021/22
Content
Unfilled vacancies for teachers and managers and leaders. Also gives the number of unfilled vacancies by subject for teachers. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
main_subject_taught
Main subject taught
number_staff
Number of staff (headcount)
number_vacancies_unfilled_responding_providers
Number of unfilled vacancies by the end of the academic year (responding providers only)
provider_type
Name of provider type
unfilled_vacancy_rate
Unfilled vacancy rate per 100
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
Proportion of providers returning data to the further education workforce data collection. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Proportion of providers returning data to the further education vacancy data collection. Data provided for the following providers types: General Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges, Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Characteristics of college governors. There are breakdowns for gender, ethnicity, disability status and age.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_group
Age group
disability_status
Disability status
ethnicity_major
Ethnicity major
ethnicity_minor
Ethnicity minor
gender
Gender
number_governors_in_responding_colleges
Number of governors (responding colleges only)
percentage_of_governors_within_category
Percent of governors within category
provider_type
Name of provider type
type_of_governor
Type of governors on the board
years_spent_in_role
Years governors have spend in role since appointed
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
Number of unfilled governor vacancies by the end of the academic year (responding providers only)
number_governors_in_responding_colleges
Number of governors (responding colleges only)
provider_type
Name of provider type
unfilled_governor_vacancy_rate
Unfilled governor vacancy rate per 100
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
Headcount of staff by further education provider type. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
maximum_number_staff_grossed_estimate
Upper estimate of number of staff (headcount)
minimum_number_staff
Lower estimate of number of staff (headcount)
provider_type
Name of provider type
Footnotes
Figures have been scaled to provide an upper estimate for the size of the further education workforce.
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Mean and median pay of further education staff, by provider type. There are breakdowns for age, gender and roles. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_group
Age group
contract_type
Contract type (permanent and fixed term only)
gender
Gender
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
main_subject_taught
Main subject taught
mean_pay
Mean annual salary for full time, permanent or fixed term staff
median_pay
Median annual salary for full time permanent or fixed term staff
number_staff_in_group
Number of staff in sample used to determine mean or median pay
provider_type
Name of provider type
working_pattern
Working pattern (full time only)
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types of managers may differ across provider types and this could drive differences in management staff pay across provider types.
Mean and median salary figures shown are estimates from the providers that returned data to the further education workforce data collection. We have not attempted to estimate the salaries for staff in the providers who did not return data.
Where data shows 'z', this indicates data is not applicable, 'c' indicates data is suppressed and 'u' indicates an estimate of an average is not possible due to too few staff in the sample.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Contract and working patterns of further education staff, by provider type. There are breakdowns for contract types and working pattern (e.g. full time or part time). Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
contract_type
Contract type
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
number_staff
Number of staff (headcount)
percentage_of_staff_within_category
Headcount percent of staff within category
provider_type
Name of provider type
working_pattern
Working pattern
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Characteristics of the further education workforce. There are breakdowns for gender, ethnicity, disability status and age. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_group
Age group
disability_status
Disability status
ethnicity_major
Ethnicity major
ethnicity_minor
Ethnicity minor
gender
Gender
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
number_staff
Number of staff (headcount)
percentage_of_staff_within_category
Headcount percent of staff within category
provider_type
Name of provider type
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Management roles may include some teaching staff with additional responsibilities, or some managers of staff in support or admin roles. The types or number of managers may differ across provider types.
Subjects taught by teachers in further education providers. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
main_subject_taught
Main subject taught
national_subject_rank_by_provider_type
Rank by provider type of number of teachers teaching subject
Percentage of teachers teaching the subject by provider type
provider_type
Name of provider type
subject_type
Type of subject being taught
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
Unfilled vacancies for teachers and managers and leaders. Also gives the number of unfilled vacancies by subject for teachers. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
main_role_type
Type of staff member role
main_subject_taught
Main subject taught
number_staff
Number of staff (headcount)
number_vacancies_unfilled_responding_providers
Number of unfilled vacancies by the end of the academic year (responding providers only)
provider_type
Name of provider type
unfilled_vacancy_rate
Unfilled vacancy rate per 100
Footnotes
This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
Proportion of providers returning data to the further education workforce data collection. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Proportion of providers returning data to the further education vacancy data collection. Data provided for LA Providers with an Education remit, School based providers, Independent Training Providers (ITP) and Special Post-16 Institutions. These are sub groups of Private Sector Public Funded Providers and Other Public Funded Providers.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below: