The bar chart gives an overview of the proportion of male and female teachers by every level of education in the UK in the year 2010.
Overall, it can be observed that a significant share of early-stage educators are women, though their number is drastically decreasing with every higher level. Men, on the other hand, are underrepresented in early teaching, while accounting for the majority in higher education. Only in case of a college, the proportion of both genders is equal.
In nursery and primary school, almost all teachers are women. This pattern changes considerably in secondary school, where both men and women make up just above 40 percent of the teaching staff, respectively. In contrast, there are less female than male instructors in private training institutes and universities.
While only a small proportion of men works in pre-school and primary school, their number skyrockets from roughly 5 percent to almost a half in secondary school. With exactly 50 percent, there are as many male and female teachers in college. However, in private training training institute and university, men account for a majority of roughly 55 percent, and 70 percent, respectively.