Research and analysis

School leadership 2010 to 2016: characteristics and trends

Statistics on the size and characteristics of the school leaders in state-funded schools.

Applies to England

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School leadership 2010 to 2016: characteristics and trends

School leadership 2010 to 2016: characteristics and trends data tables

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Details

This report provides a more detailed analysis of data available in the school workforce census (SWC) to improve our understanding of school leaders.

It covers:

  • the size and structure of the teaching and leadership population
  • characteristics of teachers in leadership roles
  • progression to and retention in leadership roles

Updates to this page

Published 11 April 2018
Last updated 12 July 2018 + show all updates
  1. Corrected some small errors in the tables and added more explanatory text.

  2. First published.

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