Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the vacancy rate is for teaching posts in secondary schools in England.

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.

Information on the school workforce in England, including the vacancy rate for teaching posts and the retention rate for teachers in state-funded schools, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2024.

The teacher vacancy rate for full and part-time posts in secondary schools decreased to 6 per 1,000 teachers in service in November 2024, the latest figures available, from a peak of 8 per 1,000 teachers in November 2023.

Over two thirds (67.7%) of teachers who qualified in 2019/20 were still teaching five years later in 2024/25.