Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have had their employment terminated, broken down by reason, for each year in the last five years.

Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, accessible here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.

The attached table provides details of the reported reason teacher contracts were terminated in the 2018/19 to 2022/23 academic years, which reflects the latest data available.

Teachers may have more than one contract, therefore individuals may be counted more than once. Figures for ‘Other reasons’ includes teachers who had a change of contract but remained at the school. Figures differ to the published number of teachers leaving service, which are based on the full-time equivalent number of qualified teachers who are not employed in a state-funded school the following year.