How many probationary teachers in each year since 2007 did not find a permanent teaching post after their first year of employment.

The teacher census is conducted in September each year. The table shows the number of teachers identified in each year's census who were probationer teachers in the previous year and have not found a permanent post in a publicly funded school by the time of the census in the year after their probationary year.

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Number of probationers without a permanent post after their first year of emploment (i.e. after their probationary year)
2,264
2,553
2,494
2,608
2,363
1,331
1,290
1,312
1,318
Significant numbers of these probationers had secured temporary posts by the time of the census. The overall proportion of post probationers in permanent or temporary employment at the time of the census in 2015 was 86% compared with 66% in 2007.