9. Disaggregation of Teacher Data
9.1 Eventual Career Destination
Teachers were asked about their eventual career destinations. Their responses were analyzed by school sector, gender and age. Only school sector had a significant relationship (.049) to teachers' eventual career destinations.
Table 126: Teachers' Career Destination by School Type (%)
Destination | Primary School | Secondary School | Special School | Combined School |
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Classroom teacher | 33 | 32 | 10 | 16 |
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Chartered teacher | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
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Principal teacher | 19 | 17 | 28 | 22 |
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Head of faculty/ department | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
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Depute head | 14 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
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Headteacher | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
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Local authority staff | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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Leaving for family responsibilities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Career outside of education | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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Other | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
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The main differences in eventual career destination by school sector are:
- Primary and secondary teachers are more likely than either teachers in special schools or teachers in combined schools to see their career destination as a classroom teacher.
- Teachers in special schools are more likely than teachers in other schools to see their career destination as a principal teacher.
- Teachers in primary schools and teachers in combined schools are less likely than teachers in secondary schools or special schools to see their career destination as a headteacher.
9.2 Applying for Headteacher Positions
Teachers were asked whether they had applied for a headteacher post and what their future intentions were about applying. These responses were analysed by school sector, gender and age. Only gender had a significant relationship (.000) with teachers' intentions to apply for a headteacher post.
Table 127: Teachers' Intentions to Apply for Headship by Gender (%)
Intention | Male | Female |
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I am currently applying for posts | 2 | 1 |
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I have applied and will do so again | 2 | 1 |
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I have applied but do not envisage doing so in the future | 3 | 4 |
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I have applied and am unsure if I will do so again | 1 | 1 |
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I have not applied but will do so in the future | 6 | 6 |
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I have not applied and will not do so in the future | 66 | 68 |
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I have not applied and am unsure if I will do so | 17 | 18 |
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The differences by gender in intentions to apply for headteacher posts include:
- Male teachers are slightly more likely to be currently applying for posts than female teachers.
- Male teachers are slightly more likely to have applied for posts and intend to do so again than female teachers.
- Female teachers are slightly more likely to have applied for posts but do not intend to do so again.
- Female teachers are more likely to have not applied and have no intentions to do so.
- Female teachers are slightly more likely to be unsure whether they will apply.