SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS FROM 2014-2015 INCREASED BY 4,500 - BUT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, IN THE SAME YEAR, THE NUMBER DECREASED BY 2,500 IN 2015, THE AVERAGE SALARY FOR ALL FULL AND PART-TIME TEACHERS WAS £37,800 AND THE AVERAGE SALARY FOR LEADERSHIP GROUP TEACHERS WAS £56,900 165 THE UK HAS 165 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS 30 ONE IN FOUR TEACHERS IS UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE AND NEARLY ONE IN FIVE IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD ON AVERAGE, TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE SLIGHTLY YOUNGER THAN IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS THERE ARE 325 COLLEGES IN ENGLAND - 209 GENERAL FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGES, 90 SIXTHFORM COLLEGES AND 26 OTHER TYPES OF COLLEGE 2.26MILLION STUDENTS WERE STUDYING AT UK HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS FROM 2013-2015 J O B S & C A R E E R S /// 1 1 7