Research and analysis

School leadership 2010 to 2016: characteristics and trends

Statistics on the size and characteristics of the school leaders in state-funded schools.

Applies to England

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Details

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

Updates to this page

Published 11 April 2018
Last updated 12 July 2018 show all updates
  1. Corrected some small errors in the tables and added more explanatory text.

  2. First published.

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