Teachers: Training
(asked on 21st October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the drop-out rate in each of the last five years of teachers trained through (1) Teach First, (2) SCITT, (3) PGCE, and (4) Schools Direct.
Information on the retention rates of newly qualified teachers is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.
85% of teachers who qualified in 2019 were still teaching one year after qualification. This retention rate has gradually declined since 2011. In contrast, retention of teachers who qualified two or more years ago has increased this year, a change to gradual declines seen in recent years.
Three in five teachers who qualified ten years ago are still teaching.
The department does not compile data on retention rate of teachers by training route.
The table below shows the retention rates of newly qualified teachers (based on headcounts) in each of the 5 years following qualification year, 2015 to 2019.
| Percentage of teachers still in service: | ||||
| 1 year after qualifying | 2 years after qualifying | 3 years after qualifying | 4 years after qualifying | 5 years after qualifying |
2015 | 86.0 | 78.5 | 73.7 | 69.9 | 68.6 |
2016 | 85.1 | 77.8 | 73.2 | 71.3 | : |
2017 | 85.1 | 78.3 | 75.5 | : | : |
2018 | 85.4 | 80.5 | : | : | : |
2019 | 84.5 | : | : | : | : |
Source: School Workforce Census. Table taken from School workforce in England National Statistic.