- Request
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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
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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