§ 33. Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Education in how many cases during the last complete 12 months for which figures are available his Department drew the attention of local education authorities to an insufficiency of staff in individual elementary schools; and in how many such cases was the insufficiency removed?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHQuestions as to the staffing of schools are under the constant consideration of the Board of Education and of His Majesty's inspectors, but there are not figures available which show in how many individual cases the attention of local education authorities has been drawn to an insufficiency of staff, or in how many cases there have been increases of staff as a result of the representations made.
§ Mr. EDEMay I ask whether, in spite of the fact that the staff is now mainly calculated on the area, adequate attention is given to the question of staffing individual schools in each area?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHMy information is that the estimate of the staff in the area as a while, is based on the consideration of the staff necessary for each school in the area.
§ Mr. EDEWill the President of the Board of Education give his attention to the practice of some authorities of over-staffing some schools in comparison with others in order to get specimen and show schools?
§ 37. Mr. MORLEYasked the President of the Board of Education, if he is now in a position to state the response of local education authorities to administrative memorandum 82, urging increase in establishments?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHThe proposals submitted by local education authorities for the current year provide for the employment of some 1,900 additional teachers in excess of the establishments approved for last year.
§ Mr. MORLEYIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that the increase in establishments will find employment for those additional teachers who were trained in anticipation of the raising of the school-leaving age?