Statistics: school workforce

Statistics on the size and characteristics of the schools’ workforce in state-funded schools.

The number and characteristics of teachers, teaching assistants and other non-classroom-based school support staff, collected through the annual school workforce census.

The statistics include:

• teachers’ salaries
• qualifications
• sickness absence levels
• number of teaching vacancies

For secondary school teachers, we publish statistics on:

• the curriculum subject taught
• whether teachers have qualifications in the subjects they teach
• the hours spent teaching by subject

Statistics from May 2010 onwards are available on GOV.UK. You can find our archived statistics on the National Archives. Note: the search function is not available on archived content so please use the filters on the left of each page.

Further documents analysing the teacher workforce are available.

Documents

1. School workforce in England: November 2019
   • 25 June 2020
   • National Statistics
2. School workforce in England: November 2018
   • 9 October 2019
   • National Statistics
3. School workforce in England: November 2017
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
4. School workforce in England: November 2016
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
5. School workforce in England: November 2015
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
6. School workforce in England: November 2014
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
7. School workforce in England: November 2013
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
8. School workforce in England: November 2012
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
9. School workforce in England: November 2011
   • 23 March 2020
   • National Statistics
10. School workforce in England: November 2010 (provisional)
    • 23 March 2020
    • National Statistics
11. School workforce in England: January 2010
    • 26 May 2010
    • National Statistics

Published 4 October 2013
Last updated 25 June 2020 + show all updates

1. 25 June 2020

   Added ‘School workforce in England: November 2019’ to the collection.

2. 27 June 2019

   Added ‘School workforce in England: November 2018’.

3. 28 June 2018

   Added 2017 statistics, link to teacher workforce statistics and analysis and link to survey.

4. 22 June 2017

   Added ‘School workforce in England: November 2016’.

5. 30 June 2016

   Added ‘School workforce in England: November 2015’.

6. 10 April 2014

   Added ‘School workforce in England: November 2013’.

7. 4 October 2013

   First published.