The nationality of teachers employed in state-funded schools

Request

This is a formal request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I request that you provide the following data concerning the nationality of teachers employed in state-funded schools in England (including maintained schools and academies).

1. Please provide the total headcount of teachers in state-funded schools in your area for the Academic Year 2018/2019 or Calendar Year 2019, broken down by the teacher's nationality group (UK citizen, Non-UK citizen, or however your council records this). Please breakdown by state-funded primary, state-funded nursery, state-funded secondary and state-funded special or PRU. Please also provide the total headcount for comparison.

2. Please provide the total headcount of teachers in state-funded schools in your area for the Academic Year 2024/2025 or Calendar Year 2025, broken down by the teacher's nationality group . Please breakdown by state-funded primary, state-funded nursery, state-funded secondary and state-funded special or PRU. Please also provide the total headcount for comparison.

3. For the 2024/25 Academic Year or Calendar Year 2025, please break these down by individual nationality, for example Irish, Nigerian etc.
 

Decision

1. Lincolnshire County Council does not hold this information

2. Please see table below

Staff count

 

Category

Staff count

Nursery

101

Primary

3678

Secondary

123

Special

509

 

LCC only have data for those schools that contract with LCC and therefore are on our BW System.

Teachers are identified as those on Teacher conditions of service so will include head/deputy heads etc as well as classroom teachers

3. Please see below table

Teacher count

         

Nationality

Nursery

Primary

Secondary

Special

Total

British

15

1236

57

139

1447

Bulgarian

     

1

1

English

 

2

   

2

French

 

1

1

 

2

Information not obtained

 

10

 

1

11

Irish

 

3

1

1

5

Netherlander

1

     

1

Polish

 

2

1

 

3

Prefer not to say

 

1

   

1

Slovak

 

1

   

1

South African

   

1

 

1

Total

16

1256

61

142

1475

LCC only have data for those schools that contract with LCC and therefore are on our BW System.

Teachers are identified as those on Teacher conditions of service so will include head/deputy heads etc as well as classroom teachers

Reference number
FOI 14449801
Date request received
12/11/25
Date of decision
12/12/25