Teachers leaving each year in England's schools
Across England's state schools, teachers leaving each year averaged 15.0% in 2024/25 (20,928 schools). Since 2011 it has risen by 0.6 points, which is the wrong direction. Official definition: teacher turnover.
The trend
Trend
Teachers leaving each year
2011 to 2025
All state schoolsPrimarySecondary
Since 2011: +0.6%
Year by year
| Year | All | Primary | Secondary | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 15.0% | 15.1% | 14.6% | 20,928 |
| 2023/24 | 16.2% | 16.0% | 17.0% | 20,195 |
| 2022/23 | 17.3% | 17.0% | 18.4% | 19,738 |
| 2021/22 | 17.6% | 17.6% | 17.3% | 19,328 |
| 2020/21 | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.0% | 18,883 |
| 2019/20 | 12.5% | 12.3% | 13.5% | 18,516 |
| 2018/19 | 16.4% | 16.2% | 17.3% | 17,668 |
| 2017/18 | 17.3% | 17.1% | 18.3% | 16,602 |
| 2016/17 | 18.2% | 18.0% | 19.3% | 15,470 |
| 2015/16 | 18.3% | 18.1% | 19.5% | 14,601 |
| 2014/15 | 18.7% | 18.5% | 19.7% | 13,883 |
| 2013/14 | 18.3% | 18.2% | 18.9% | 12,943 |
| 2012/13 | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.9% | 11,827 |
| 2011/12 | 15.3% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 10,719 |
| 2010/11 | 14.4% | 14.3% | 15.6% | 9,816 |
By region
Latest year, best (lowest) first. The tick is the England figure.
Every council
151 councils ranked, best (lowest) first. Councils with very few schools swing more from year to year.
| # | Council | Teachers leaving each year | Schools | vs England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Tyneside | 8.6% | 62 | -6.4 pts |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 9.4% | 54 | -5.6 pts |
| 3 | North Tyneside | 9.7% | 75 | -5.3 pts |
| 4 | Blackpool | 10.3% | 40 | -4.7 pts |
| 5 | Warrington | 10.6% | 77 | -4.4 pts |
| 6 | Cheshire West and Chester | 10.9% | 146 | -4.1 pts |
| 7 | Sefton | 11.2% | 97 | -3.8 pts |
| 8 | Knowsley | 11.3% | 60 | -3.7 pts |
| 9 | Gateshead | 11.6% | 83 | -3.4 pts |
| 10 | Redcar and Cleveland | 11.6% | 57 | -3.4 pts |
| 11 | Torbay | 11.8% | 43 | -3.2 pts |
| 12 | York | 12.0% | 62 | -3.0 pts |
| 13 | Trafford | 12.0% | 85 | -3.0 pts |
| 14 | Derbyshire | 12.1% | 399 | -2.9 pts |
| 15 | Sheffield | 12.2% | 161 | -2.8 pts |
| 16 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 12.3% | 94 | -2.7 pts |
| 17 | Wigan | 12.3% | 125 | -2.7 pts |
| 18 | Sunderland | 12.5% | 115 | -2.5 pts |
| 19 | Worcestershire | 12.6% | 234 | -2.4 pts |
| 20 | Tameside | 12.6% | 77 | -2.4 pts |
| 21 | Southend-on-Sea | 12.6% | 50 | -2.4 pts |
| 22 | Brighton and Hove | 12.7% | 60 | -2.3 pts |
| 23 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 12.7% | 147 | -2.3 pts |
| 24 | Halton | 12.7% | 65 | -2.3 pts |
| 25 | Telford and Wrekin | 12.7% | 67 | -2.2 pts |
| 26 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 12.8% | 98 | -2.2 pts |
| 27 | County Durham | 12.8% | 248 | -2.2 pts |
| 28 | Herefordshire, County of | 12.9% | 96 | -2.1 pts |
| 29 | Wokingham | 13.0% | 58 | -2.0 pts |
| 30 | Sandwell | 13.0% | 121 | -1.9 pts |
| 31 | West Sussex | 13.1% | 266 | -1.9 pts |
| 32 | Salford | 13.1% | 93 | -1.9 pts |
| 33 | Leicestershire | 13.2% | 281 | -1.8 pts |
| 34 | Leicester | 13.2% | 107 | -1.8 pts |
| 35 | Sutton | 13.3% | 58 | -1.7 pts |
| 36 | Stockport | 13.3% | 101 | -1.7 pts |
| 37 | Doncaster | 13.3% | 126 | -1.7 pts |
| 38 | Dudley | 13.4% | 101 | -1.6 pts |
| 39 | Leeds | 13.5% | 268 | -1.5 pts |
| 40 | Derby | 13.5% | 103 | -1.5 pts |
| 41 | Rochdale | 13.5% | 76 | -1.5 pts |
| 42 | Havering | 13.5% | 82 | -1.5 pts |
| 43 | Central Bedfordshire | 13.6% | 125 | -1.4 pts |
| 44 | Stoke-on-Trent | 13.6% | 90 | -1.4 pts |
| 45 | Barking and Dagenham | 13.6% | 61 | -1.4 pts |
| 46 | Stockton-on-Tees | 13.7% | 71 | -1.3 pts |
| 47 | Wolverhampton | 13.7% | 100 | -1.3 pts |
| 48 | Cheshire East | 13.7% | 140 | -1.3 pts |
| 49 | Lancashire | 13.8% | 606 | -1.2 pts |
| 50 | Coventry | 13.8% | 116 | -1.2 pts |
| 51 | Luton | 13.8% | 67 | -1.2 pts |
| 52 | Swindon | 13.8% | 86 | -1.2 pts |
| 53 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 13.9% | 97 | -1.1 pts |
| 54 | Nottingham | 14.0% | 100 | -1.0 pts |
| 55 | Staffordshire | 14.0% | 390 | -1.0 pts |
| 56 | Nottinghamshire | 14.0% | 315 | -1.0 pts |
| 57 | Shropshire | 14.0% | 129 | -1.0 pts |
| 58 | Bury | 14.1% | 72 | -0.9 pts |
| 59 | Lincolnshire | 14.1% | 352 | -0.9 pts |
| 60 | Walsall | 14.1% | 99 | -0.9 pts |
| 61 | Westmorland and Furness | 14.1% | 146 | -0.9 pts |
| 62 | Liverpool | 14.1% | 160 | -0.9 pts |
| 63 | Blackburn with Darwen | 14.2% | 76 | -0.8 pts |
| 64 | Peterborough | 14.2% | 80 | -0.7 pts |
| 65 | Bolton | 14.3% | 120 | -0.7 pts |
| 66 | Northumberland | 14.3% | 156 | -0.7 pts |
| 67 | Wirral | 14.3% | 112 | -0.7 pts |
| 68 | Hillingdon | 14.4% | 92 | -0.6 pts |
| 69 | North East Lincolnshire | 14.4% | 62 | -0.6 pts |
| 70 | Essex | 14.4% | 539 | -0.6 pts |
| 71 | Manchester | 14.4% | 173 | -0.5 pts |
| 72 | Rotherham | 14.5% | 119 | -0.5 pts |
| 73 | Kent | 14.5% | 578 | -0.5 pts |
| 74 | Bedford | 14.6% | 73 | -0.4 pts |
| 75 | Rutland | 14.6% | 21 | -0.4 pts |
| 76 | Thurrock | 14.6% | 54 | -0.4 pts |
| 77 | Kirklees | 14.7% | 164 | -0.3 pts |
| 78 | Buckinghamshire | 14.7% | 228 | -0.3 pts |
| 79 | South Gloucestershire | 14.8% | 108 | -0.2 pts |
| 80 | Newham | 14.8% | 101 | -0.1 pts |
| 81 | Portsmouth | 14.9% | 61 | -0.1 pts |
| 82 | Hampshire | 14.9% | 512 | 0.0 pts |
| 83 | Kingston upon Thames | 15.0% | 49 | 0.0 pts |
| 84 | St. Helens | 15.0% | 66 | 0.0 pts |
| 85 | Warwickshire | 15.0% | 234 | +0.0 pts |
| 86 | Cumberland | 15.1% | 169 | +0.1 pts |
| 87 | Darlington | 15.1% | 42 | +0.1 pts |
| 88 | Solihull | 15.2% | 78 | +0.2 pts |
| 89 | Merton | 15.2% | 54 | +0.2 pts |
| 90 | Milton Keynes | 15.2% | 104 | +0.2 pts |
| 91 | Gloucestershire | 15.4% | 291 | +0.4 pts |
| 92 | Harrow | 15.4% | 60 | +0.4 pts |
| 93 | Richmond upon Thames | 15.4% | 59 | +0.4 pts |
| 94 | Bromley | 15.4% | 99 | +0.4 pts |
| 95 | Hertfordshire | 15.5% | 515 | +0.5 pts |
| 96 | Bath and North East Somerset | 15.5% | 77 | +0.5 pts |
| 97 | Plymouth | 15.6% | 95 | +0.6 pts |
| 98 | Enfield | 15.6% | 94 | +0.6 pts |
| 99 | West Northamptonshire | 15.6% | 183 | +0.7 pts |
| 100 | Redbridge | 15.7% | 79 | +0.7 pts |
| 101 | North Yorkshire | 15.8% | 335 | +0.8 pts |
| 102 | Lewisham | 15.9% | 86 | +0.9 pts |
| 103 | Medway | 15.9% | 95 | +0.9 pts |
| 104 | Southampton | 15.9% | 75 | +0.9 pts |
| 105 | Bradford | 15.9% | 207 | +0.9 pts |
| 106 | Ealing | 16.0% | 85 | +1.0 pts |
| 107 | Suffolk | 16.0% | 304 | +1.0 pts |
| 108 | Surrey | 16.0% | 366 | +1.0 pts |
| 109 | Birmingham | 16.1% | 417 | +1.1 pts |
| 110 | Barnsley | 16.1% | 86 | +1.1 pts |
| 111 | Bracknell Forest | 16.2% | 35 | +1.2 pts |
| 112 | Wakefield | 16.2% | 140 | +1.2 pts |
| 113 | Dorset | 16.2% | 155 | +1.2 pts |
| 114 | Wiltshire | 16.3% | 218 | +1.3 pts |
| 115 | Hounslow | 16.3% | 75 | +1.3 pts |
| 116 | Cornwall | 16.6% | 277 | +1.7 pts |
| 117 | Calderdale | 16.7% | 95 | +1.7 pts |
| 118 | Camden | 16.8% | 55 | +1.8 pts |
| 119 | East Sussex | 16.9% | 171 | +1.9 pts |
| 120 | West Berkshire | 16.9% | 75 | +1.9 pts |
| 121 | Barnet | 16.9% | 130 | +1.9 pts |
| 122 | Oxfordshire | 17.0% | 299 | +2.0 pts |
| 123 | Haringey | 17.0% | 76 | +2.0 pts |
| 124 | Cambridgeshire | 17.1% | 268 | +2.1 pts |
| 125 | Hartlepool | 17.1% | 37 | +2.1 pts |
| 126 | Bexley | 17.2% | 83 | +2.2 pts |
| 127 | Somerset | 17.2% | 241 | +2.2 pts |
| 128 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 17.2% | 64 | +2.2 pts |
| 129 | North Somerset | 17.2% | 77 | +2.2 pts |
| 130 | Tower Hamlets | 17.3% | 91 | +2.4 pts |
| 131 | Slough | 17.4% | 50 | +2.4 pts |
| 132 | Croydon | 17.6% | 125 | +2.6 pts |
| 133 | Oldham | 17.7% | 91 | +2.7 pts |
| 134 | Norfolk | 17.8% | 410 | +2.8 pts |
| 135 | Bristol, City of | 17.9% | 149 | +2.9 pts |
| 136 | Waltham Forest | 17.9% | 76 | +2.9 pts |
| 137 | Reading | 18.0% | 60 | +3.0 pts |
| 138 | Isle of Wight | 18.0% | 45 | +3.0 pts |
| 139 | Greenwich | 18.2% | 85 | +3.2 pts |
| 140 | North Northamptonshire | 18.3% | 139 | +3.3 pts |
| 141 | Southwark | 18.3% | 96 | +3.3 pts |
| 142 | North Lincolnshire | 18.4% | 77 | +3.4 pts |
| 143 | Devon | 19.5% | 362 | +4.5 pts |
| 144 | Kensington and Chelsea | 19.8% | 37 | +4.8 pts |
| 145 | Islington | 20.1% | 59 | +5.1 pts |
| 146 | Brent | 20.2% | 85 | +5.2 pts |
| 147 | Wandsworth | 21.7% | 78 | +6.7 pts |
| 148 | Hackney | 22.4% | 72 | +7.4 pts |
| 149 | Lambeth | 23.7% | 87 | +8.7 pts |
| 150 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 24.1% | 57 | +9.1 pts |
| 151 | Westminster | 24.5% | 51 | +9.6 pts |
How to read this
Each figure is a simple average across open state schools that have the measure published. A school counts once whatever its size, so the figures can differ a little from the Department for Education's national figures, which count pupils. Special schools and alternative provision are left out of results measures. Independent schools are left out throughout. Sources and update calendar.