Statistics on ECTs participating in the Early Career Framework and teachers and leaders participating in reformed National Professional Qualifications.
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Percentage of ECTs in SWC who were retained in the SWC after one year for 'ECF - Retention - 2023-2024' for Overall and Overall in England for 2022/23
Percentage of ECTs in SWC who were retained in the SWC after two years for 'ECF - Retention - 2023-2024' for Overall and Overall in England for 2021/22
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Local authority, National, Regional
The number and percentage of early career teachers participating in the provider-led and school-led ECF-based induction, and the number of mentors participating in the provider-led ECF-based induction, broken down by region, local authority, school phase, school type, gender, ethnicity, age group and working pattern.
National, Regional
The number early career teachers participating in the provider-led and school-led ECF-based induction who were matched to the school workforce census in the same year, and their retention in the following two years, broken down by region, local authority, school phase, school type, gender, ethnicity, age group and working pattern.
Local authority, National, Regional
The number of funded and non-funded NPQ starts, the number of unique funded NPQ participants (including the number present in the school workforce census), the total teaching workforce and the percentage of the teaching workforce undertaking a funded NPQ, broken down by course type, region, local authority, school phase, school type, age group, gender, ethnicity, grade and working pattern.
National, Regional
The number of funded NPQ starts, completions and passes, and the percentage of NPQs completed and passed, broken down by course type, region, local authority, school phase, school type, age group, gender, ethnicity, grade and working pattern.
Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.
This document describes the data included in the 'Teacher and Leader development: ECF and NPQs' release’s 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 document 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.
This release contains information on early career teachers (ECTs) and mentors participating in the Early Career Framework (ECF) induction programme and teachers and leaders who were taking a national professional qualification (NPQ) from the reformed suite of NPQs in the academic years 2021/22 to 2023/24. This release covers:
- the types of schools and locations in which early career teachers started their inductions and other teachers were taking an NPQ, and their outcomes to date;
- the individual-level characteristics of early career teachers who started their induction and other teachers who were taking an NPQ, and their outcomes to date.
This release is based on the Department for Education's (DfE) Teacher CPD Service dataset, which consists of management information submitted by lead providers, the School Workforce Census (SWC) and Get Information about Schools (GIAS). The SWC collects information from schools and local authorities on the school workforce in state-funded schools in England, and GIAS is the department's register of educational establishments in England and Wales.
The underlying data files include national, regional, local authority, individual characteristics and school type information for early career teachers and mentors participating in the ECF-based induction and other teachers and leaders who were taking an NPQ in England.
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