NQT Employed - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
NQT Employed
FOI Number
2024221
Date Received
16/02/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
please could you provide the number of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) taken on by your local authority each year from 2018 to date.
Could you also provide the number of NQTs who were employed on a full-time basis with the local authority after their first year of teaching?

Please could all of the figures be broken down year-by-year and by primary and secondary teachers?
Response
Q1 Headcount NQTs employed
Headcount
Primary Secondary Grand Total
2018 (start date between 01/08/2018 - 31/07/2019) 18 26 44
2019 (start date between 01/08/2019 - 31/07/2020) 19 16 35
2020 (start date between 01/08/2020 - 31/07/2021) 15 33 48
2021 (start date between 01/08/2021 - 31/07/2022) 35 22 57
2022 (start date between 01/08/2022 - 31/07/2023) 36 13 49
2023 (start date between 01/08/2023 - 28/02/2024) 41 7 48


Q2 NQTs employed on full time basis
Headcount
Primary Secondary Grand Total
2018 (start date between 01/08/2018 - 31/07/2019) 13 4 17
2019 (start date between 01/08/2019 - 31/07/2020) 13 14 27
2020 (start date between 01/08/2020 - 31/07/2021) 16 14 30
2021 (start date between 01/08/2021 - 31/07/2022) 9 19 28
2022 (start date between 01/08/2022 - 31/07/2023) 21 13 34
2023 (start date between 01/08/2023 - 28/02/2024) 17 10 27