Comment: There has been a small increase in the number of people employed in the Council. Since 2018 the % of the workforce who are women has remained consistent at just over 77%.

Comment: 58% of females work part-time. That is 45.2% of the entire workforce. 20% of males work part-time.

Comment: The gender pay gap for all employees is 3.97% with females earning £0.84 per hour less than males. This pay gap was 4.97% in 2023. 

Comment: within the teaching workforce the pay gap is 4.11% with females earning £1.24 per hour less than males. In 2023, the pay gap was 4.74%.

Comment: The gender pay gap within the non-teaching workforce is 7.03% with females earning £1.29 less on average per hour than males. This was 7.45% in 2023.

Comment: the % of females in the top 5% of earners in the Council has increased from 53.2% in 2020 to 65% in 2024. The top 2% has also increased slightly with 57.4% female.

Comment: 86.35% of promotions went to females in 2024, the highest percentage since 2020.

Comment: In 2024, 1644 people left the organisation and 73.6% of those were women.  Since 2018 the percentage of the female workforce leaving has risen and the percentage of male leavers has decreased.  4.46% of females leaving the council were dismissed on capability health grounds and for males it was 2.76%.

Comment: In 2024, 2340 appointments were made. Of these 25.73% of male applicants were appointed and 72.78% of female applicants were appointed.

Comment: 89.8 % of applications to work flexibly are from females. 93.43% of applications for flexible working from females were approved. For males it was 91.11%.