Shortage of black and ethnic minority teachers, data reveals

07/09/16

Black and ethnic minority teachers are still significantly under-represented across staff rooms in England, new analysis has revealed.

Figures obtained from the Department for Education (DfE) show just 7.6% of teachers in state schools in England are people of colour compared with almost 25% of pupils.

In some local authorities the situation is so bad that there would need to be a more than tenfold increase in the number of BME teachers for staff to reflect their pupil populations.

When it comes to school leadership the gap widens even further – 97% of English state school headteachers are white.

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