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<p>Retention rates for all teachers by phase are not available.</p><p>Published statistics
are available that show the retention rates for newly qualified teachers (not split
by phase). The latest information is contained in the following table. It shows around
87 per cent of teachers continue in the profession following their first year of teaching
(and this has been the case since 1996). Of the teachers who started teaching in 2011,
69 per cent were still teaching five years later.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of teachers in regular service
in the state-funded schools sector in England after: <sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year
qualified<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>Recorded In service by:<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>Number
of newly qualified entrants entering service<sup><sup>[4]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>1
year</p></td><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>5
years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>20,600</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>November
2012</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>23,600</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>24,200</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>November
2015</p></td><td><p>25,500</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>24,400</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These
figures are derived from the Database of Teacher Records and November School Workforce
Census and are published in table 8 from the statistical first release ‘School Workforce
in England, November 2016’, available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a></p><p>
</p><p>[1] The percentage of teachers in service in anyone year will include those
who may not have had continuous service to that year. For example, teachers could
be in service for 3 consecutive years, miss a year, and then be in service in year
5 onwards after qualifying.</p><p>[2] Calendar year in which the teachers qualified.</p><p>[3]
Financial year during which the teachers entered service.</p><p>[4] Newly qualified
entrants in year x are defined as all teachers who qualified between November x-1
and November x and were in service in school year x/x+1.</p>
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