Each year, more than 200,000 teachers leave the profession, with nearly two out of three leaving for reasons other than retirement. (learningpolicyinstitute.org)
This shortage of qualified teachers is almost entirely due to teachers leaving the profession and about 2/3 of teachers who leave do so for reasons other than retirement. (learningpolicyinstitute.org)
Despite this consistent increase in pupils, however, secondary school staff numbers have fallen by a huge 10,000 teachers since 2010, whilst 34,910 qualified teachers left the profession for reasons other than retirement in 2016. (qaeducation.co.uk)