Overview

• The Senate reports 45 unfilled principal posts across Berlin, equal to about 6.3% of the city’s 722 public schools for the 2025/26 year.
• Primary schools account for the largest share with 23 leadership vacancies.
• The figures were disclosed in the Senate’s written response to BSW lawmaker Alexander King, which notes principal jobs are usually advertised a year ahead.
• Officials offered no comparative data from prior years, and the education administration no longer records how long posts remain vacant.
• The leadership gaps are being reported in the context of a persistent teacher shortage affecting roughly 408,000 students in general-education schools.