Record numbers of teachers in England quitting profession, figures show

Department for Education survey finds that 40,000 - almost 9% of workforce - left state schools in 2021-22 before retirement

Teachers in England are abandoning their profession in record numbers, according to official figures, with Labour claiming that incompetent" government policies were to blame.

The latest workforce survey by the Department for Education (DfE) found that 40,000 teachers resigned from state schools last year - almost 9% of the teaching workforce, and the highest number since it began publishing the data in 2011 - while a further 4,000 retired.