Percentage of male and female teachers in six UK educational settings in 2010

The bar chart illustrates the gender distribution of teachers across six distinct educational settings in the UK during 2010. Overall, it is evident that there is a stark contrast in gender representation depending on the level of education, with women significantly outnumbering men in early years and primary schooling, while the reverse is true for university and private training environments.

In nursery and pre-school settings, women accounted for 95% of the teaching staff, leaving men with a mere 5%. A similar pattern was observed in primary schools, where women comprised 91% of teachers compared to only 10% for men. The gender gap narrowed considerably in secondary schools, where women made up 56% and men 44%. By the college level, the distribution was perfectly balanced, with both genders representing 50% of the workforce.

Conversely, the trend shifted in favour of men in more advanced settings. In private training institutes, 57% of teachers were male, while 43% were female. This disparity was most pronounced at the university level, where men occupied 70% of teaching roles, leaving women with 30%, which is the inverse of the proportions seen in primary education.