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Academic year 2023/24
Teacher and Leader development: ECF and NPQs
Data guidance
Published
Description
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.
Coverage
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.
File formats and conventions
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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.
ECF - Total Participants - 2023-2024
Filename
teacher_leader_development_ecf_2023_24.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2021/22 to 2023/24
Content
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.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
count_swfc_ects
Number of ECTs in SWC
count_swfc_ects_pending_confirmation_provider_led
Number of ECTs in SWC who started provider-led ECF-based induction - Pending confirmation
count_swfc_ects_provider_led
Number of ECTs in SWC who started provider-led ECF-based induction
count_swfc_ects_school_led
Number of ECTs in SWC who started school-led ECF-based induction
Percentage of ECTs who started provider-led ECF-based induction - Pending confirmation
percent_swfc_ects_provider_led
Percentage of ECTs who started provider-led ECF-based induction
percent_swfc_ects_school_led
Percentage of ECTs who started school-led ECF-based induction
total_ects_count_provider_led
Total number of ECTs who started provider-led ECF-based induction
total_mentors_trained_count_provider_led
Total number of mentors trained for provider-led ECF-based induction
Footnotes
The appearance of 'z' in the table indicates that the metric is not applicable to this category.
The 'Other' category also includes special schools, alternative provision, city technology colleges, further education establishments and sixth form centres. It also includes non-maintained special schools and some independent special schools eligible for funding under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
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.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
count_one_year_retention
Number of ECTs in SWC who were retained in the SWC after one year
count_swfc_ects
Number of ECTs in SWC who started ECF-based induction
count_two_year_retention
Number of ECTs in SWC who were retained in the SWC after two years
group_name
Group Name
induction_programme
Induction Programme Type
percent_one_year_retention
Percentage of ECTs in SWC who were retained in the SWC after one year
percent_two_year_retention
Percentage of ECTs in SWC who were retained in the SWC after two years
Footnotes
The appearance of 'z' in the table indicates that the metric is not applicable to this category.
The 'Other' category also includes special schools, alternative provision, city technology colleges, further education establishments and sixth form centres. It also includes non-maintained special schools and some independent special schools eligible for funding under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
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.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
group_name
Group Name
npq_funded_starts
Number of funded NPQ starts
npq_non_funded_starts
Number of non-funded NPQ starts
npq_unique_funded_participants
Number of funded unique NPQ participants
npq_unique_funded_participants_swc_eligible
Number of funded unique NPQ participants from SWC eligible school types
percent_workforce_npq_participation
Percentage of total teaching workforce who started a funded NPQ
teaching_workforce_headcount_swc
Total teaching workforce in SWC
Footnotes
The appearance of 'z' in the table indicates that the metric is not applicable to this category.
The 'Other' category also includes special schools, alternative provision, city technology colleges, further education establishments and sixth form centres. It also includes non-maintained special schools and some independent special schools eligible for funding under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
These figures include NPQ participants in non-school settings.
The appearance of "no data" indictates that this NPQ course was not available to take it that academic year.
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.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
group_name
Group Name
npq_completed
Number of funded NPQ completions
npq_funded_starts
Number of funded NPQ starts
npq_passed
Number of funded NPQ passes
percentage_completion_rate
Percentage of NPQ starts who have completed
percentage_pass_rate
Percentage of NPQ completions who have passed
Footnotes
The 'Other' category also includes special schools, alternative provision, city technology colleges, further education establishments and sixth form centres. It also includes non-maintained special schools and some independent special schools eligible for funding under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
These figures include NPQ participants in non-school settings.
The appearance of "no data" indictates that this NPQ course was not available to take it that academic year.