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School leadership in England 2010 to 2020: 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 2020: characteristics and trends - report

Details

This report provides a more detailed analysis of data available in the school workforce census 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

The addendum to the report contains additional figures to provide further clarity on leader retention.

Updates to this page

Published 28 April 2022
Last updated 9 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added an addendum to the report, containing leadership retention to teaching tables.

  2. First published.

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