Exodus of White Male Teachers Prompts Role Model Concerns

Class teacher Ruth Titmuss wears a PPE face shield as she speaks to a pupil at Greenacres Primary Academy in Oldham, northern England, on Sept. 2, 2020. Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The number of male teachers in England has continued to drop, according to new figures, driven by an exodus of white teachers.

Published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) on Oct. 18, the data shows the rise in male primary school teachers at the start of the decade has now fizzled out.