English Language: Teachers
(asked on 19th May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many teachers were employed in state schools in English as of 1 January 2025.
This question was answered on 15th June 2026
Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of teachers, is available in the ‘school workforce in England’ statistical publication.
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) teacher numbers in state schools are shown here:
| State-funded nursery and primary | State-funded secondary | State-funded special or PRU | Centrally employed | Total state-funded schools |
2024/25 | 215,631.9 | 219,000.7 | 29,150.9 | 4,474.4 | 468,257.9 |
These figures were published on 5 June 2025.