* Heads of clinics, assistants and university hospital practitioners, instructors, temporary teaching and research associates and contract doctoral students are not included in higher education. Are taken into account the teachers in IUFM / ESPÉ.
From 2011, the island of Mayotte is included in the data.
The source adds the following information: "Since 2006, no longer counted persons paid on regularization advance accounts (some of the teachers in Greta for example), nor the technicians and workers in charge of local authorities. In 2008, the staff of institutions having acquired their autonomy in higher education were not taken into account. "
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Number of non-teaching school personnel in France 2008-2025
In 2024/2025, the number of non-teaching school personnel employed by the French national education system comprised over 350,000 people. This figure represents an increase in comparison to 12 years before, as the number of non-teaching employees amounted to around 215,000 people in 2010. The non-teaching staff of the French national education system comprises employees working in administrative, technical, managerial, and supervisory fields.
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