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Analysis of the teacher workforce in England in the academic years 2010 to 2015 across regions

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  • The North East has had the smallest increase (8.3%) in the number of primary school pupils and the largest decrease (7.0%) in the number of secondary school pupils between January 2011 and January 2016.
  • The primary teacher workforce in the North East has increased by 11.7%, while the secondary teacher workforce has decreased by 6.1%. This is broadly in line with the national picture.
  • Compared to the other regions, the North East has the highest proportion of secondary teaching hours dedicated to English and humanities (25.6%) but the lowest dedicated to modern foreign languages (5.8%).
  • The North East is no longer the region with the highest proportion of secondary teaching hours for non-EBacc subjects – this has decreased from 45.7% in 2010 to 39.6% in 2015, only slightly higher than the national average of 39.3%.
  • The North East has seen the largest increase in the proportion of secondary teaching hours for EBacc subjects – an increase of 6.1% from 2010 to 2015 (this compares to a 4.8% increase nationally).
  • The North East had a significantly smaller proportion of teachers not holding QTS compared to England as a whole.
  • The North East has the smallest teacher wastage rate at both primary (8.0%) and secondary (9.9%) level.
  • In 2015, the North East had the smallest proportion of schools reporting classroom teacher vacancies or temporarily-filled posts in both primary (3.2%) and secondary schools (16.4%), and also headteacher level (0.6%).

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