School leadership in England: characteristics and trends
Statistics on the size of the leadership population and the characteristics of leaders in state-funded schools.
Applies to England
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The ‘School leadership 2010 to 2020: characteristics and trends – report’ provides a detailed analysis of data available in the school workforce census to improve our understanding of school leaders.
It covers:
- the size and structure of the teaching and leadership population
- characteristics of teachers in leadership roles
- progression to and retention in leadership roles
The addendum to the report contains additional figures to provide further clarity on leadership retention.
‘School leadership retention 2024’ updates some of the leadership retention tables for headteachers, deputy headteachers and assistant headteachers using the latest-available school workforce census data.
Updates to this page
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Added a link to the ad hoc statistics 'School leadership 2024: retention'.
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Added an addendum to the report, containing leadership retention to teaching tables.
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First published.