National school workforce report 2024

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Why is the workforce for Religious Education so heavily loaded with
teachers who mainly teach something else?
This analysis examines Department for Education workforce data for teachers delivering Religious Education (RE) in England, separated into three key age groups: Years 7–9, Years 10–11, and Years 12–13. The data collection forms part of the school census conducted every year in November and reported in June the following year. Statistics: school workforce – GOV.UK

Overview
The chart below above visualises trends in the number of teachers teaching RE in each key stage group across 14 academic years. The overall number of teachers teaching RE to pupils in Years 7–9 has steadily increased since 2011/12, while the trend for Years 10–11 shows a decline followed by a modest recovery. Teachers for Years 12–13 have remained relatively stable with a
slight upward trend in recent years.