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The latest national statistics on School Workforce produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families were released on 25th September 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics AuthorityUK Statistics Authority

DCSF: School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures), January 2008 (Revised)

DescriptionStatistics on the school workforce are published as "School Workforce in England (including local authority level figures), January 2008 (revised)" and include data for England covering full time equivalent regular teachers, support staff and teaching assistants, vacancy numbers and rates, sickness absence, ethnicity and pupil: teacher ratios at both national and local authority LA level.

The latest statistics report on the position at January 2008 and update those previously released on 29 April 2008.

The key points from the latest release are:
  • For state funded schools (Local Authority (LA) maintained schools, CTCs and Academies) the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of regular teachers rose by 1,900 (0.4 per cent) to reach 441,200 compared to January 2007.
  • The overall PTR for the LA maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector was 16.9 in January 2008 compared to 17.1 in January 2007.
  • Teacher vacancies in nursery, primary, secondary and special schools went up by 470 to 2,510 in January 2008.
  • There were, on average, 5.4 days sickness absence per teacher that worked in the maintained sector during 2007, an increase of 0.1 compared with 5.3 days in 2006
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Additional informationEXCEL (Tables as shown in the PDF)
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional tables covering FTE regular teachers, support staff rates, sickness absence, ethnicity and pupil: teacher ratios at LA level - Table 27 amended October 2008, Table 22 amended December 2008.)
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional tables A (Initial Teacher Training))
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional tables B (Newly Qualified Entrants))
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional Tables C (Teacher Flows))
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional Tables D (Teachers in Service))
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional Tables G (Teachers' Pay))
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional Tables H (Retirements))
Additional informationEXCEL (Additional Tables I (Out of Service Teachers Aged Under 60))
Additional informationPDF (Index)
Additional informationPDF (Explanatory Notes and Definitions)
Reference IDSFR26/2008
Coverage Country England
Date Released25 September 2008
Main Category Children, Education and Skills
Sub CategoryTeachers and School Staff    Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information
TypeStatistical First Release
ContactRichard Howe  richard.howe@education.gsi.gov.uk  tel: 01325 735470
PreRelease AccessClick here
 Publication includes individual Local Authority informationPublication includes individual Local Authority information

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