Headteacher Recruitment Working Group: report and next steps

Annex B - 2017 Teacher Census data

Age of headteachers

Promoted Posts

Table 1 Teachers^[12][13] in Promoted Posts
Full Time Equivalents (FTE)

The number of teachers in promoted posts fell each year from 2010 to 2016 before rising in 2017. The share of teachers who are in promoted posts has fallen from 27.3% to 24.4%

Table 2 Primary Teachers in Promoted Posts
Full Time Equivalents (FTE)

The number and proportion of teachers who have promoted posts has fallen in the primary sector. This has been most pronounced among headteachers. They represented 8.3% of primary teachers in 2010 but in 2017 this had fallen to 6.9%.

Table 3 Secondary Teachers in Promoted Posts
Full Time Equivalents (FTE)

The Secondary sector has seen similar declines in the number and share of promoted posts (although they make up a greater share of posts then in primary). The major difference with primary is that principal teacher posts represent the biggest share of that decline.

Shared headship arrangements

Table 4 Headteachers by number of schools they work in
Headcount

Table 5 Schools with shared headteacher by Urban Rural classification
Schools

Table 6 Schools with shared headteacher by sector
Schools