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.


Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern Portrait
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
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.

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