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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

School leader retention rates in England declining, DfE data shows

Classroom with children raising their hands
NAHT warned leadership supply for schools is ‘teetering on the brink’. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The number of school leaders under the age of 50 who quit their jobs within five years of being appointed has gone up, according to as yet unpublished government data uncovered by a freedom of information (FoI) request.

More than one in three secondary school leaders in England and one in four primary school leaders left at some point in the five years after their appointment in 2015, the official Department for Education (DfE) statistics showed.

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