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• Breakdown of Career Break by year, sector and gender
• Number of Teachers that are job-sharing
• Retired Teacher Numbers returning to Teaching
• Number of teachers by gender appointed to teaching posts
• Teacher Retirement Statistics

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Breakdown of Career Break by year, sector and gender

Year	Primary (Male)	Primary (Female)	Post Primary (Male)*	Post Primary (Female)*	Overall Total
2024/2025	491	2261	296	588	3636
2023/2024	527	2204	287	596	3614
2022/2023	446	1915	260	532	3153
2021/2022	312	1486	165	412	2375
2020/2021	273	1366	159	387	2185
2019/2020	362	1713	199	464	2738
2018/2019	327	1555	155	414	2451
2017/2018	287	1420	146	411	2264
2016/2017	245	1348	124	373	2090
2015/2016	236	1251	103	351	1941
2014/2015	210	1236	75	321	1842
2013/2014	178	1183	62	292	1715
2012/2013	123	1105	53	254	1535

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Number of Teachers that are job-sharing

School Year	Primary	Post Primary*
2024/2025	4162	1508
2023/2024	3903	1462
2022/2023	3621	1443
2021/2022	3171	1326
2020/2021	2955	1251
2019/2020	2790	1228
2018/2019	2424	1165
2017/2018	2128	1122
2016/2017	1836	1065

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Retired Teacher Numbers returning to Teaching

School Year	Primary Teachers		Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive Teachers*		Total Number of Teachers	Total Number of Days Worked
	Number of Teachers	Days Worked	Number of Teachers	Days Worked
2024/2025	1333	55804	365	12211	1698	68015
2023/2024	1388	60644	339	13490	1727	74134
2022/2023	1223	44910	320	7327	1543	52237
2021/2022	1137	26199	317	8820	1454	35019
2020/2021	757	26049	161	5630	918	31679
2019/2020	1223	32408	320	7258	1543	39666
2018/2019	1240	47312	386	11530	1626	58842
2017/2018	1003	33093	339	10190	1342	43283
2016/2017	679	19306	279	6229	958	25535
2015/2016	614	13927	279	5044	893	18971
2014/2015	320	5996	240	4395	560	10391
2013/2014	302	5259	235	4162	537	9421
2012/2013	455	7975	303	5433	758	13408
2011/2012	847	10869	544	7059	1391	17928

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Number of teachers by gender appointed to teaching posts

School Year	Total no of Females (including Principals)	Total no of Males (including Principals)	Female Principals	Male Principals	Overall Total
2024/2025	39875	7452	2118	1096	47327
2023/2024	39336	7332	2126	1083	46668
2022/2023	35913	6565	2126	1062	42478
2021/2022	36337	6662	2148	1075	42999
2020/2021	35518	6494	2157	1061	42012
2019/2020	35164	6401	2167	1059	41565
2018/2019	34532	6194	2166	1077	40726
2017/2018	33667	6030	2161	1081	39697
2016/2017	32509	5680	2171	1084	38189
2015/2016	31400	5406	2160	1102	36806
2014/2015	30530	5170	2157	1121	35700

School Year	Total no of Females (including Principals)	Total no of Males (including Principals)	Female Principals	Male Principals	Overall Total
2024/2025	16692	7832	207	255	24524
2023/2024	16405	7682	207	262	24087
2022/2023	15288	7053	211	269	22341
2021/2022	15469	7083	221	270	22552
2020/2021	15367	6991	215	261	22358
2019/2020	14991	6776	218	257	21767
2018/2019	14723	6603	223	251	21326
2017/2018	14184	6356	227	258	20540
2016/2017	13463	5993	225	253	19456
2015/2016	13051	5765	224	261	18816
2014/2015	12731	5638	219	259	18369

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Teacher Retirement Statistics