Teachers: Re-employment
(asked on 24th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many teachers have taken early retirement and then subsequently taken up temporary teaching posts in each of the last three years.
The number of teachers who take early retirement (from state-funded schools in England) in each year from 2012-13 to 2014-15 is provided in the following table:
| ACTUARIALLY REDUCED AND PREMATURE[1][2] | ||
| Men | Women | Men and Women |
Financial year (1 April to 31 March) | |||
2012-13[3] | 2,460 | 5,400 | 7,870 |
2013-143 | 2,260 | 4,950 | 7,220 |
2014-153 | 2,160 | 4,790 | 6,950 |
Source: Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS).
The annual School Workforce Census records temporary staff on a contract of less than one month, but it is not possible with the data available in the current form to link retirements to temporary contracts.
[1] Excludes sixth form colleges.
[2] Includes phased retirements and in these cases the teachers may remain in service.
[3] Provisional figures which continue to be subject to slight revision due to the addition of retrospective awards.