The Times - UK (2022-01-26)

Wednesday January 26 2022

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TIMES EDUCATION

COMMISSION

12
Britain’s schools in numbers

2017 18 19 20 21

State funded Academies

19.5

19

18.5

18

17.5

17

PUPIL TO TEACHER RATIOS

Number of qualified teachers for every

pupil in England

Source: School Workforce in England

PANDEMIC IMPACT

What early years providers thought

government guidance would lead to

Staff redundancies

Retracting offers to top up staff wages

Permanent closure

Retracting offers to reduce parent fees

Temporary closure

No impact

Respondents included nurseries, pre-schools and childminders

Source: Early Years Alliance

47%

37%

22%

21%

14%

10%

TEACHER RETENTION

Proportion of full-time teachers in England

leaving the profession for reasons other than

retirement or death

Source: School Workforce in England

8%

6

4

2

0

2012 2014

2016 2018

2020

£800

600

400

200

0

Under 5s

2016 17

18 19

2020

Tertiary

Primary

Secondary

GOVERNMENT FUNDING

Spending on education per head each

year in England

Source: HM Treasury

2017

(^1819)
20 202150
55
60
65
70
75
80
85%
Senior
leaders
Support staff
Teachers
SCHOOL STRESS
Proportion of education staff who
reported feeling stressed at work
Source: Education Support
Thousands
2017 2021
Maths
Psychology
Biology
English
Chemistry
History
Sociology
Art & design
Physics
Business
studies
88
57
57
74
49
46
33
41
34
33
90
68
64
58
55
42
40
39
38
35
MOST POPULAR A-LEVELS
The top ten most popular subjects
Source: Ofqual
NUMERACY SKILL GAP
People with low numeracy skills earn £7,000
less on average than those with basic or high
numeracy skills
Source: ONS/OECD
North East
North West
Yorkshire and The Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
East
London
South East
South West
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
bberr
£20,000 30 40
Average
Low
numeracy
skills
Adults with low
numeracy skills are
defined as those who
struggle understanding
their pay slip, confidently
operating a cash machine
or paying household bills
Data analysis
Learning for
the future: the
facts and figures