Teacher vacancies have doubled in the past two years, according to new official data, while more than 40,000 teachers left their jobs in the last year. Figures published by the UK Government on Thursday also showed the number of teacher vacancies increased from 1,100 in November 2020 to 2,300 in November 2022.
The number of temporarily filled teacher posts also increased from 1,800 in November 2020 to 3,000 in November 2022. The data, largely drawn from the school workforce census and which includes only state-funded schools, showed the number of teachers rose by less than 1% in the last year to 468,400.
Around 44,000 teachers left the state sector in 2021/22, a rise of 7,800 compared with the previous year and is the highest rate since 2017/18. The average teacher salary in England is now £41,604, according to the figures.
