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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Teacher vacancy rates by subject at November from 2010/11 to 2025/26
Median teacher salary from 2010/11 to 2025/26 by teacher grade using the school workforce census source data.
Breakdown of teacher median pay for male and female classroom teachers, head teachers, and other leadership roles. Available for secondary, primary and special schools.
Data sets present comprehensive open data from which users can create their own tables using the EES table tool or download a zipped CSV file.
Local authority, National, Regional
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)
Parliamentary constituency
Teacher and support staff full time equivalent and headcount by parliamentary constituency (2024 boundaries)
School
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)
School
Headcount of teachers with a contract or service agreement for fewer than 28 days
School
Headcount of third-party support staff by post - school level
Local authority
Educational psychologists centrally employed by local authorities for 28 days or more
School
Teacher headcount and and full-time equivalent for each school
Local authority, National, Regional
Teacher FTE and headcount numbers by type of school and characteristics including age group, working pattern, sex, grade and ethnicity
School
Teacher FTE and headcount numbers by type of school and characteristics including age group, working pattern, sex, grade and ethnicity (additional ancillary file covers earlier years back to 2010)
Local authority, National, Regional
Support staff FTE and headcount by type of school and characteristics including post held, sex, age group and ethnicity
School
Support staff FTE and headcount by type of school and characteristics including post held, sex, age group and ethnicity (additional ancillary file covers earlier years back to 2011)
National
Full-time equivalent qualified teacher leavers by category including school type, sex, age group and type of entrant
National
Full-time equivalent qualified teacher leavers by category including school type, sex, age group and type of leaver
School
School level data on the number of full-time equivalent teachers who, by the following year, either remain in that school, move to another state school or leave the state-funded system
National
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
Local authority, National, Regional
Pupil to teacher ratios and pupil to adult ratios in state-funded schools.
Parliamentary constituency
Pupil to teacher ratios and pupil to adult ratios in state-funded schools by parliamentary constituency
School
Pupil to teacher ratios and pupil to adult ratios in state-funded schools
Local authority, National, Regional
Teacher pay - teacher pension scheme Median teacher pay and year-on-year changes in pay by school phase, grade, region and sex
Local authority, National, Regional
Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, sex and age
School
Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, sex and age
Local authority, National, Regional
Headcount of teachers by their highest qualification, and by relevant subject
National
Headcount of teachers and hours taught in state-funded secondary schools by subject, and the percentages of teachers and the hours taught by relevant qualifications
Local authority, National, Regional
Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates.
National
Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded secondary schools in England, by subject. Numbers and rates
School
Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates.
Local authority, National, Regional
Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates.
School
Full and part time teacher vacancies, temporarily filled posts in state-funded schools in England, by sector and grade. Numbers and rates.
National
First awards under the Teachers' Pensions Scheme, by type of award and year
Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.
Support staff characteristics at school level for census years 2011 to 2025
Data at school level, including details on school geography, staff characteristics, pay, absences and vacancies
Teacher characteristics at school level for census years 2010 to 2025
Subject of teacher qualifications mapped to grouped subjects used to identify specialist teachers with qualification related to the subject they are teaching
Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.
This section describes the datasets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality, and any data conventions used.
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 a new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in a new tab) (opens in new tab) (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.
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 with 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:
In most cases, underlying data files include national, regional, local authority and school level information for schools in England.
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 calculate a percentage).
c = confidential - data are suppressed to prevent disclosure of confidential information, such as details about a single respondent.
u = low reliability - values of the potentially low quality, for example where values of statistical significance thresholds are not met.
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