Department for Education

Reporting year 2022

School workforce in England

Annual statistics on teachers and support staff (TAs) in England. Age, sex, ethnicity, pupil teacher ratio (PTR), retention, pay, subject taught and absence.

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• Published: 8 June 2023
• Last updated: 18 December 2023

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• The size of the school workforce

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Headcount and Full time Equivalent of staff by type of school and characteristics including post held, age group and ethnicity (additional file at school level).</p>

  • Number of rows: 34,847
  • Indicators:
    • FTE of administrative staff
    • FTE of all full-time teachers
    • FTE of all full-time teachers without qualified teacher status
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• The size of the school workforce - school level

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Headcount and Full time Equivalent of staff by type of school and characteristics including post held, age group and ethnicity (school level).</p>

  • Number of rows: 318,611
  • Indicators:
    • FTE of administrative staff
    • FTE of all full-time teachers
    • FTE of all full-time teachers without qualified teacher status
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Teacher FTE and headcount numbers by type of school and characteristics including age group, working pattern, grade and ethnicity (additional ancillary file at school level).&nbsp;</p>

  • Number of rows: 365,380
  • Indicators:
    • Full-time equivalent
    • Full-time equivalent percent within gender grade
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Ethnicity minor
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher characteristics - school level - 2022-23

  School

  <p>Teacher FTE and headcount by characteristics including age group, working pattern, grade and ethnicity (school level).</p>

  • Number of rows: 351,987
  • Indicators:
    • Full-time equivalent
    • Full-time equivalent percent within school
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Age Group
    • Gender
    • Grade
  • Time period: 2022/23

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• Support staff characteristics

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Support staff FTE and headcount by type of school and characteristics including post held, age group and ethnicity (additional ancillary file at school level).</p>

  • Number of rows: 311,868
  • Indicators:
    • Full-time equivalent
    • Full-time equivalent percent within gender post
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Ethnicity minor
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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• Support staff characteristics - school level - 2022-23

  School

  <p>Support staff FTE and headcount by characteristics including post held, age group and ethnicity (school level).</p>

  • Number of rows: 348,735
  • Indicators:
    • Full-time equivalent
    • Full-time equivalent percent within post
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Gender
    • Minority ethnic
    • Post
  • Time period: 2022/23

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• Pupil to teacher ratios

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Pupil to teacher ratios and pupil to adult ratios in state-funded schools.</p>

  • Number of rows: 35,062
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Pupil to adult ratio within-schools
    • Pupil to teacher ratio (Qualified and unqualified teachers) within-schools
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Pupil to teacher ratios - school level

  School

  <p>Pupil to teacher ratios and pupil to adult ratios in state-funded schools (school level).</p>

  • Number of rows: 283,764
  • Indicators:
    • Number of schools
    • Pupil to adult ratio within-schools
    • Pupil to teacher ratio (Qualified and unqualified teachers) within-schools
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Qualified entrants to teaching

  National

  <p>FTE qualified teacher entrants by category including school type, gender, age group and type of entrant.</p>

  • Number of rows: 576,208
  • Indicators:
    • Entrants rate
    • FTE number of entrants
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Ethnicity major
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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• Qualified leavers from teaching

  National

  <p>FTE qualified teacher leavers by category including school type, gender, age group and type of entrant.</p>

  • Number of rows: 450,065
  • Indicators:
    • FTE number of leavers
    • Leavers rate
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Ethnicity major
    • Gender
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2021/22

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• Retention grid

  National

  <p>Percentage of teachers remaining in state-funded schools in England in the years following obtaining their Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), by year of gaining QTS.</p>

  • Number of rows: 27
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of teachers still in service 1 year after qualifying
    • Percentage of teachers still in service 10 years after qualifying
    • Percentage of teachers still in service 11 years after qualifying
  • Filters:
    • Year teacher qualified
  • Time period: 2022 November

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• Teacher vacancies

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates.</p>

  • Number of rows: 60,900
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teacher vacancies
    • Number of temporary filled posts
    • Rate of temporary filled posts
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
    • Vacancy grade
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher vacancies - school level

  School

  <p>Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates. Includes school level data.</p>

  • Number of rows: 283,764
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teacher vacancies
    • Number of temporary filled posts
    • Rate of temporary filled posts
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher vacancies by subject

  National

  <p>Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by subject. Numbers and rates.</p>

  • Number of rows: 443
  • Indicators:
    • Number of teacher vacancies
    • Rate of vacancies
  • Filters:
    • Vacancy subject
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher pay

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, gender and age.</p>

  • Number of rows: 443,131
  • Indicators:
    • Headcount of teachers
    • Headcount of teachers earning under £25K
    • Headcount of teachers earning £100-110K
  • Filters:
    • Age of teachers
    • Gender of teacher
    • Grade of teacher
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher pay - school level

  School

  <p>Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, gender and age. At school level.</p>

  • Number of rows: 283,965
  • Indicators:
    • Headcount of teachers
    • Mean pay
    • Median pay
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Teacher qualifications

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Headcount of teachers in state funded schools by type of school, grade and highest level of post A level qualification.</p>

  • Number of rows: 671,384
  • Indicators:
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Grade of teacher
    • Highest level of qualification
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Subjects taught in state funded secondary schools

  National

  <p>Headcount of teachers and the number of hours taught by subject to year groups 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools.</p>

  • Number of rows: 504
  • Indicators:
    • Number of hours taught for all years
    • Number of hours taught for years 10 and 11
    • Number of hours taught for years 12 and 13
  • Filters:
    • Subject taught
  • Time period: 2011/12 to 2022/23

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• Specialist teachers in state funded secondary schools

  National

  <p>Percent of hours taught by teachers with post-A level qualification in relevant subject and percent of teachers holding qualification in relevant subject by highest qualification.</p>

  • Number of rows: 1,728
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of hours taught by teacher with qualification
    • Percentage of teachers with qualification
  • Filters:
    • Highest qualification of teacher
    • Subject taught
  • Time period: 2014/15 to 2022/23

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• Teacher absences

  Local authority, National, Regional

  <p>Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates.</p>

  • Number of rows: 1,147
  • Indicators:
    • Average number of days taken by each teacher who took sickness absence
    • Average number of days taken in sickness absence by all teachers
    • Percentage of teachers who took sickness absence
  • Time period: 2014/15 to 2021/22

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• Teacher absences - school level

  School

  <p>Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates. Includes school level data.</p>

  • Number of rows: 142,318
  • Indicators:
    • Average number of days taken by each teacher who took sickness absence
    • Average number of days taken in sickness absence by all teachers
    • Percentage of teachers who took sickness absence
  • Filters:
    • Type of school
  • Time period: 2014/15 to 2021/22

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• Teachers' Pensions Scheme first awards

  National

  <p>First awards under the Teachers' Pensions Scheme, by type of award and year.</p>

  • Number of rows: 10,847
  • Indicators:
    • Age actuarially reduced benefits
    • Age retirement
    • All first award types
  • Filters:
    • Age group
    • Gender
    • Grade of last post
  • Time period: 2011-12 to 2022-23

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• Educational psychologists

  Local authority

  <p>Educational psychologists centrally employed by local authorities for 28 days or more.</p>

  • Number of rows: 4,632
  • Indicators:
    • Full time equivalent
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Working pattern
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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• Occasional teachers

  School

  <p>Teachers with a contract or service agreement for fewer than 28 days.</p>

  • Number of rows: 287,628
  • Indicators:
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Qualified Teacher Status
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2022/23

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Supporting files

Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.

4 supporting data files

• Qualification subjects mapping

  Subject of teacher qualifications mapped to grouped subjects used to identify specialist teachers with qualification related to the subject they are teaching.

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• Support staff characteristics by school

  Support staff characteristics at school level for census years 2011 to 2021.

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• Teacher and support staff numbers by school

  School level summary of teacher and support staff characteristics, teacher pay, absences and vacancies. Includes a field indicating the constituency that each school is in. Data for the latest publication year, from the November 2022 school workforce census.

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• Teacher characteristics by school

  Teacher characteristics at school level for census years 2010 to 2021.

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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 School 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 School Workforce in England publication provides the latest information at national and local level on the number and characteristics of teachers and support staff that work in state-funded schools in England.

The publication summarises information collected from schools and local authorities via the November School Workforce Census and links data from other sources including the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme and the Database of Qualified Teachers. 

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

• Teacher numbers and characteristics - a time series of teacher numbers in state-funded schools in England. There are various breakdowns of these; post held, school type and phase, gender, age, ethnicity, whether they work full/part-time and whether they have Qualified Teacher Status or not.
• Support staff numbers and characteristics - the number of teaching assistants and other school support staff employed by state-funded schools in England. This data shows the numbers by post held and has some limited characteristics data, for example post held, school type and phase, gender, age, ethnicity and whether they work full/part-time.
• Pupil teacher ratios - pupil data from the January school census is used to produce pupil teacher ratios and pupil adult ratios (teachers and all classroom-based support) for each school type/phase.
• Teacher turnover and retention - the number of qualified entrants to teaching (and whether they are new teachers or returners), their propensity to stay (retention), and the numbers of qualified teachers leaving the teaching profession (for example through retirement or leaving early).
• Teacher pay - the salaries received (in £5/10 thousand bands) for all teachers and separately for classroom teachers, leadership group teachers, and head teachers. The statistics also provide an age, gender and school type/phase breakdown. Where appropriate, average mean and median salaries are provided for comparison purposes. This information is provided for the full time series available however caution should be used when drawing comparisons over time. More information on this is available in the methodology.
• Teacher qualifications - information on the highest post-A-level qualification held by teachers (by teacher grade and school type/phase).
• Subjects taught and specialist teaching - Estimates are provided of the number of hours taught and by how many teachers, of each subject for Key Stages 3 to 5 in a typical week.
  Estimates are provided of the number/percentage of teachers teaching each subject that have relevant post-A level qualifications in the subject. Similar data is produced showing the number of hours taught by teachers with relevant post-A level qualifications in the subject.
  Subjects taught and specialist teaching information is based on a large sample of secondary schools providing data on their teaching in a typical week.
• Teacher vacancies - the number of advertised teaching posts that were either vacant or temporarily filled at the census date in November (which is mid term). It provides subject level estimates for these posts for secondary schools only.
• Teacher sickness absence - the number of teachers that have taken sickness absence in the previous academic year and the number of days they were absent.
• Teachers' Pension Scheme and teachers out of service - the overall number of teachers who have been awarded retirement benefits from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme after leaving teaching service in England (can include further and higher education providers). Also included are estimates of the numbers of teachers with qualified teacher status in England who have left service or who never entered service.

In most cases, underlying data files include national, regional, local authority and school level 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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Email: schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Tony Clarke
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