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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Teachers by measure (headcount, full-person equivalent (FPE) and hours) and subjects taught
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Click here to sortHeadcountIndividuals are counted once for each subject they teach. In the total, individuals are counted once, regardless of how many subjects they teach.Click here to sortFull-Person Equivalent (FPE)Individuals are counted according to the proportion of time they spend teaching a particular subject. An FPE of 10 is equal to 10 individuals spending all of their teaching time teaching that subject.Click here to sortHours taughtTotal hours taught over typical two week timetable.
[Collapse]Total23,38023,380796,955
TotalArtIncludes Photography1,24082028,485
Biology97036512,750
Business StudiesIncludes Economics and Accountancy & Finance66033510,795
Chemistry90036512,420
Drama/TheatreIncludes Dance and Performing Arts1,02048516,485
Design & Technology2,0101,15540,785
English3,8353,010104,485
Engineering3651204,235
GeographyIncludes Environemntal Science/Studies, Geology, Sustainability Studies and Wales, Europe & the World1,37580026,955
History1,48588529,300
ICTIncludes Computer Science1,43574525,280
MathematicsIncludes Statistics3,6453,050108,110
Modern Foreign Language1,13587029,245
Music77053517,910
Physical Education2,2701,64054,080
Physics80531511,120
Personal & Social EducationIncludes Sex and Relationship Education2,6402708,215
Religious Education1,64583027,850
Science3,5802,25081,790
Social SciencesIncludes Communication & Culture, Government & Politics, Media Studies, Psychology and Sociology1,03038512,315
Vocational Subject2,16079024,025
Welsh Baccalaureate2,91567020,295
WelshIncludes Welsh First Language and Welsh Second Language2,2601,70558,820
Other Humanities1,01034511,420
Other Subject3,05564519,745
Not applicable5*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.35

Metadata

Title

Teachers by measure (headcount, full-person equivalent (FPE) and hours) and subjects taught

Last update

August 2024 August 2024

Next update

July 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

School Workforce Annual Census

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC).

Data collection and calculation

School's data are derived from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) returns in November each year.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2019/20 onwards

Users, uses and context

Information on subjects taught relates to a typical two-week timetable. The figures include teachers teaching delivered to pupils in years 7 and above only.

For the headcount in the subject breakdown, teachers are counted once for each subject they teach. In the total, teachers are counted once, regardless of how many subjects they teach. This means the sum of the subject breakdown will not equal the total.

For the FPE teachers are split according to the proportion of teaching time they spend teaching a particular subject. If a teacher spent half of their teaching time teaching English and half of their time teaching Drama, in the FPE, they would be counted as 0.5 against each subject and as 1 in the total. In the headcount, this teacher would be counted as 1 against each subject and 1 in the total. In the subject breakdown, the greater the similarity between the headcount and FPE, the higher the proportion of teachers exclusively teaching that subject and greater the likelihood of subject specialism.

Hours reflects the total hours taught in the two-week timetable. All three measures are directly comparable.

Rounding applied

* = numbers greater than zero but less than five. Teacher numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Revisions information

A revision was made to the Full Person Equivalent (FPE) figures for 2019/20 to 2022/23 which were published on 18 July 2024. The figures were double counted and were revised on 1 August 2024 to the correct figures as originally published on 18 July 2023.

Keywords

SWAC; Teachers; Workforce; Subjects; Subject; FPE; Hours

Statistical quality

The information collected from 2019to 2023 have not undergone a formal final validation period. However, various stages of automated validation and sense-checking are built into the process to ensure a high quality of data to inform policy making. A final validation period is being considered to be introduced for future collections for schools and LAs to review the information they return, and re-submit their data where errors are identified prior to publication.