Teacher Gender Diversity in England 2010-2022

22 Pages Posted: 7 Jun 2023 Last revised: 13 Jun 2023

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Joshua Fullard

University of Warwick - Warwick Business School; University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Date Written: May 29, 2023

Abstract

Using the latest data from the School Workforce Census (SWC) we analyse the trends in the gender diversity of the school workforce in state funded schools in England since 2010. We find that the proportion of schools without a male classroom teacher has increased over the last 12 months – almost 1 in 3 state funded primary schools do not have a single male classroom teacher. We observe striking differences by pupil background and Ofsted rating. Disadvantage students are less likely to be in a school without a male classroom teacher and schools in Special Measures are less likely to have a male classroom teacher. Looking at teacher ethnicity the proportion of male classroom teachers from an ethnic minority background is at a record high in both primary schools (14 percent) and secondary schools (21 percent). But this is driven by a decline in the number of white male teachers rather than an increase in the number of male teachers from an ethnic minority background, particularly in secondary schools.

Keywords: Teacher Supply, Teacher Diversity, Education Inequalities

JEL Classification: I21, I24, I28

Suggested Citation

Fullard, Joshua, Teacher Gender Diversity in England 2010-2022 (May 29, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4470647 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4470647

Joshua Fullard (Contact Author)

University of Warwick - Warwick Business School ( email )

Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) ( email )

Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ
United Kingdom

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