Accredited official statistics

School workforce in England: November 2018

Single reference for all school workforce statistics based on staff working in publicly funded schools in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 27 June 2019
• Last updated: 9 October 2019
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  1. 9 October 2019

     Updated 'Regional, LA and school tables: school workforce census 2018' and 'Methodology: school workforce census 2018'.

  2. 9 September 2019

     Replaced 'Main tables: school workforce census 2018' with updated versions due to incorrect index.

  3. 9 September 2019

     Added revised subnational school workforce census data 2010 to 2018 and explanatory note.

  4. 27 June 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Text: school workforce census 2018

PDF, 860 KB, 14 pages

Infographic: school workforce census 2018

PDF, 672 KB, 1 page

Main tables: school workforce census 2018

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.1 MB

Main tables: school workforce census 2018

ODS, 742 KB

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Regional, LA and school tables: school workforce census 2018

ODS, 9.16 MB

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Regional, LA and school tables: school workforce census 2018

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 7.67 MB

Methodology: school workforce census 2018

PDF, 464 KB, 32 pages

Pre-release access list: school workforce census 2018

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Revised subnational school workforce census data 2010 to 2018

CSV, 439 KB

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Revised subnational school workforce census data 2010 to 2018: explanatory note

PDF, 143 KB, 12 pages

Details

This publication sets out the:

• numbers of, and full time equivalent (FTE) numbers of teachers and support staff in service
• number of entrants to, and leavers from, teaching
• teacher retention
• characteristics of teachers and support staff, including gender, age and ethnic group
• teachers’ pay
• teachers’ qualifications
• curriculum taught by secondary school teachers
• teacher vacancies
• teacher sickness absence
• pupil-to-teacher ratios

The release also includes information underlying the national tables at:

• individual school level
• local authority level
• regional level

Teachers and teaching statistics team

Email schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Alicia Heptinstall 07392 135876