To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers who qualified
in each year from 2010-2020 were still in service in the English state school sector
(a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i)
nine, (j) ten and (k) eleven years after qualifying by (i) region and (ii) local authority.
<p>Information on the retention rates of qualified teachers and the number of newly
qualified entrants to state funded schools in England is published in the annual ‘School
Workforce in England’ national statistics release. The information can be accessed
at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>87.5%
of teachers who qualified in 2020 were still teaching one year after qualification.
In the year to November 2021, the full time equivalent of 43,981 teachers joined the
state-funded sector in England, including 3,850 deferred newly qualified teachers
and 22,059 newly qualified teachers.</p><p>The requested figures by region and local
authority are in the attached tables. Figures relate to a teacher’s original location,
which is not necessarily the location they were in when leaving the state funded sector.
If a teacher moves to a state funded school in a different local authority or region,
they are counted as still in service. One-year retention rates will be the least affected
by movement across boundaries. Retention percentages may go up as well as down because
the methodology employed allows for non-continuous service where teachers leave and
re-join the state funded sector over time.</p>
