The numbers of teaching assistants and wider school support staff have also fallen at secondary level during the past year.
School workforce statistics released by the Department for Education (DfE) this week show that between November 2014 and November 2015 the number of full-time equivalent teachers working across all schools in England actually rose from 454,900 to 456,900 – an increase of 2,000.
However, while primary schools saw a rise of 4,500 teachers (2.1 per cent), secondaries saw a fall of 2,500 (1.2 per cent).
It means that as of November 2015, there were 210,900 full-time equivalent teachers working in England’s secondary schools – down from 213,400 in 2014.
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