Overview

• Official figures for the 2025/26 year show 45 unfilled headteacher posts, about 6.3% of Berlin’s 722 public schools.
• Primary schools account for the largest share, with 23 leadership positions currently vacant.
• The numbers come from the Berlin Senate’s written response to an inquiry by BSW legislator Alexander King.
• Officials say headship posts are typically advertised at least a year before planned departures to support continuity.
• The administration released no prior-year comparisons, and local reporting says it no longer tracks how long leadership posts remain vacant, against a backdrop of ongoing teacher shortages and 408,000 pupils in general education.