Please provide the following year-by-year statistical and policy-related data for schools within your local authority.
1) Teacher Retention and Attrition Rates (2014 to 2024)
Aggregated data for each year, broken down by:
– School type (mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) , and Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH) settings)
– Retention/attrition rates for teachers leaving within 1, 3, and 5 years of service
– Teachers leaving before reaching retirement age.
Please refer to this spreadsheet for information.
2) SEND and SEMH Student Numbers (2014 to 2024)
Aggregated data for each year, broken down by:
– Students with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP)
| Number of cases | SEMH | |
| 2014 | 3,764 | – |
| 2015 | 3,572 | – |
| 2016 | 3,510 | – |
| 2017 | 3,718 | – |
| 2018 | 3,744 | – |
| 2019 | 5,162 | – |
| 2020 | 6,474 | – |
| 2021 | 7,295 | – |
| 2022 | 7,926 | – |
| 2023 | 8,400 | 2368 |
| 2024 | 8,873 | 2585 |
Please note, pupil level data was not collected until 2023, therefore this information is not held by Devon County Council prior to this date.
– Students receiving SEND support but without an EHCP
This data is publicly available. Please refer to the following links for information:
Special educational needs in England, Academic year 2023/24 – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK
| Year | Total | Social, Emotional and Mental Health |
| 2015/16 | 13,466 | 3,165 |
| 2016/17 | 13,722 | 3,268 |
| 2017/18 | 13,927 | 3,206 |
| 2018/19 | 13,786 | 3,217 |
| 2019/20 | 13,728 | 3,090 |
| 2020/21 | 13,447 | 2,902 |
| 2021/22 | 14,173 | 3,201 |
| 2022/23 | 14,724 | 3,446 |
| 2023/24 | 14,909 | 3,502 |
3) Policies and Initiatives
Any policies, strategies, or initiatives your local authority has implemented to support:
– Teacher retention
– Staff well-being and workload management in schools
Devon County Council do not have any specific retention policies, strategies or initiatives.