Proportion of teachers who are qualified in nursery, primary and secondary education

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Headline data

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level
Year Value Units Series GeoCode Observation status Unit multiplier
2012 96.1153082145 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2013 95.7218206681 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2014 95.1677316294 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2015 94.7117296223 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2016 94.4433419329 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2017 95.1021322624 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2018 95.0081422762 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2019 94.9920621449 Percentage (%) All publicly funded schools (%) Normal value Units
2012 97.1446306642 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2013 100.0 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2014 100.0 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2015 93.3333333333 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2016 100.0 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2017 95.8551052111 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2018 96.5374312882 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2019 96.1367013373 Percentage (%) Nursery (%) Normal value Units
2012 97.6657167006 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2013 97.6319069381 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2014 97.0539419087 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2015 96.7846967847 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2016 96.4616003217 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2017 97.0420836792 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2018 96.9403930104 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2019 96.9830873718 Percentage (%) Primary (%) Normal value Units
2012 95.4974322741 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2013 94.6982758621 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2014 94.0559440559 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2015 93.5540838852 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2016 93.3422698838 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2017 94.1378599221 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2018 94.1620158049 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units
2019 94.0969027211 Percentage (%) Secondary (%) Normal value Units

Source: Department for Education (DfE)

Geographical Area: England

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

Footnote: 1. School workforce data is calculated based on headcount. This means the figures may differ slightly from other figures available in the public domain which may use figures for the full time equivalent.

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Indicator available

Proportion of teachers who are qualified in nursery, primary and secondary education
Indicator description

Proportion of teachers who are qualified in nursery, primary and secondary education in state-funded schools in England
Geographical coverage

England
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

Qualified - Teachers who have attained qualified teacher status.

Unqualified - An unqualified teacher is either a trainee working towards qualified teacher status (QTS); an overseas trained teacher who has not exceeded the four years they are allowed to teach without having QTS; or an instructor who has a particular skill who can be employed for so long as a qualified teacher is not available.

Available disaggregations

Sex, Geography
Calculations

The number of qualified teachers in a given level of education is expressed as a percentage of all (qualified and unqualified) teachers in that level of education.
Other information

Data is based on state-funded schools which includes - nursery, primary, secondary, special and centrally employed schools.

The proportion of qualified teachers includes both full and part time teachers.

More detailed information is available in the source publication.

This indicator is being used as an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. Where possible, we will work to identify or develop UK data to meet the global indicator specification. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.
Data last updated 24 June 2022
Metadata last updated 06 April 2023

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level
Target name

By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
Global indicator description

Not available for this indicator
UN designated tier

Tier II
UN custodian agency

United Nations Education and Scientific Cultural Organisation - Institute for Statistics (UNESCO-UIS)
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals metadata for target 4.c opens in a new window
Organisation

Department for Education (DfE)
Periodicity

Annual
Earliest available data

2012
Geographical coverage

England
Link to data source School workforce in England opens in a new window
Release date 25 June 2020
Next release

TBC: We plan to update indicator data within 4 months of data being released
Statistical classification

National Statistic
Contact details

schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
Other information

School Workforce in England - methodology
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