The following table provides the total full and part-time headcount of regular teachers leaving service from local authority maintained schools in England before the normal age of retirement, 1997-98 to 2006-07, the latest information available.
Out of service2 1997-98 37,020 1998-99 32,150 1999-2000 33,020 2000-01 35,520 2001-02 35,200 2002-03 40,610 2003-04 38,450 2004-05 38,590 2005-063 39,600 2006-073 36,140 1 10-20 per cent. of part-time teachers may not be included in the data. 2 Teacher is no longer in service in the English maintained schools sector and is not receiving a pension or has left service with premature, actuarially reduced or ill heath retirement benefits. 3 Provisional. Source: Database of Teacher Records and Pensioner Statistical System (PEN STATS)